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(The) wounded generation : coming home after World War II

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자료유형 :	단행본
ISBN :	9780593298695
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분류기호 :	D810.V42
서명/저자사항 :	(The) wounded generation : coming home after World War II / David Nasaw
발행사항 :	New York : Penguin Press, 2025
형태사항 :	478 p. ; 24 cm
서지주기 :	Includes bibliographical references and index
요약 :	"From award-winning and bestselling author David Nasaw, a brilliant re-examination of post-World War II America that looks beyond the victory parades and into the veterans'-and nation's-unhealed traumas In its duration, geographical reach, and ferocity, World War II was unprecedented, and the effects on those who fought it and their loved ones at home, immeasurable. The heroism of the men and women who won the war may be well documented, but we know too little about the pain and hardships the veterans endured upon their return home. As historian David Nasaw makes evident in his masterful recontextualization of these years, the veterans who came home to America were not the same people as those who had left for war, and the nation to which they returned was not the one they had left behind. Contrary to the prevailing narratives of triumph, here are the largely unacknowledged realities that the veterans-and the nation-faced which radically reshaped our understanding of this era as a bridge to today. In The Wounded Generation, Nasaw tells the indelible stories of the veterans and their loved ones as they confronted the aftershocks of World War II. Veterans suffering from recurring nightmares, uncontrollable rages, and social isolation were treated by doctors who had little understanding of PTSD. They were told that they were suffering from nothing more than battle fatigue and that time would cure it. When their symptoms persisted, they were given electro-shock treatments and lobotomies, while the true cause of their distress would remain undiagnosed for decades to come. Women who had begun working outside the home were pressured to revert to their prewar status as housewives dependent on their husbands. Returning veterans and their families were forced to double up with their parents or squeeze into overcrowded, substandard shelters as the country wrestled with a housing crisis. Divorce rates doubled. Alcoholism was rampant. Racial tensions heightened as white southerners resorted to violence to sustain the racial status quo. To ease the veterans' readjustment to civilian life, Congress passed the GI Bill, but Nasaw reveals how black veterans were disproportionately denied their benefits, and how the consequences of this discrimination would endure long after the war was won. In this richly textured examination, Nasaw presents a complicated portrait of those who brought the war home with them, among whom were the period's most influential political and cultural leaders, including John F. Kennedy, Robert Dole, and Henry Kissinger; J. D. Salinger and Kurt Vonnegut; Harry Belafonte and Jimmy Stewart. Drawing from veterans' memoirs, oral histories, and government documents, Nasaw illuminates a hidden chapter of American history-one of trauma, resilience, and a country in transition"-- Provided by publisher
일반주제명 :	World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- United States --
일반주제명 :	Veterans -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century --
일반주제명 :	Veterans -- Mental health -- United States --
일반주제명 :	World War, 1939-1945 -- Psychological aspects --
주제명(지명) :	United States Social conditions 1945-
개인저자 :	Nasaw, David, author
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