The Good Occupation

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The Good Occupation
Author : Susan L. Carruthers
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Language : English
Release Date : 14 November 2016
ISBN : 9780674545700
Pages : 397 pages
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The Good Occupation by Susan L. Carruthers Book PDF Summary

Waged for a just cause, World War II was America’s good war. Yet for millions of GIs, the war did not end with the enemy’s surrender. From letters, diaries, and memoirs, Susan Carruthers chronicles the intimate thoughts and feelings of ordinary servicemen and women whose difficult mission was to rebuild nations they had recently worked to destroy.

The Good Occupation

Waged for a just cause, World War II was America’s good war. Yet for millions of GIs, the war did not end with the enemy’s surrender. From letters, diaries, and memoirs, Susan Carruthers chronicles the intimate thoughts and feelings of ordinary servicemen and women whose difficult mission was

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