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Now in paperback, The Darkest Year is a narrative history and psychological study of the American home front from December 7, 1941 through the end of 1942.
WILLIAM K. KLINGAMAN holds a Ph.D. in American History from the University of Virginia and has taught at the University of Virginia and the University of Maryland. He is the author of seven previous books, including histories of the years 1816, 1918, 1929, and 1941.
"A fascinating look at the home front during a pivotal moment in
time." --New York Post "This expansive survey paints an
extraordinary portrait of America's home front during the first
year of WWII...Klingaman uses media, literature, journals, and
letters to illustrate the year, and the resulting history is
riveting." --Publishers Weekly (Starred Review) "The appeal of The
Darkest Year is in enabling readers to feel the immediacy of
well-known historical events as they unfolded. [It] successfully
evokes a sense of what life was like during an anxious
time."--Christian Science Monitor "In this fast-paced narrative of
the American home front during the first year of the country's
participation in World War II, Will Klingaman demonstrates a
marvelous knack for placing the reader in the middle of the chaotic
mobilization of the economy and armed forces of a nation unprepared
for war. Shortages, rationing, and confusion in the conversion of
industry to war production gave only fitful promise in 1942 of
America's eventual emergence as the arsenal of democracy."--James
M. McPherson, Professor of History Emeritus, Princeton University,
and Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom
"Klingaman deftly navigates the ensuing roller-coaster of unease
and complacency that characterized home front sentiments during the
first year of U.S. involvement in World War II. This thoroughly
researched and accessible text will prove elucidating to anyone
curious about social history, World War II, or the rhetoric of a
country in crisis."--Library Journal (starred review) "So many of
us learned in high school that the misery of the Great Depression
was defeated by the victory of World War II. Missing from that
overview, however, was the moment when many Americans were afraid
that we might lose to Hitler, and that our country would cease to
exist. The Darkest Year reveals that soul-stirring moment in all
its detail." --Craig Nelson, author of Rocket Men and Pearl Harbor
"In stitch and scope, Klingaman's vast tapestry depicts in a swift
narrative Americans' struggles as they came to grips with the
demands and terror of World War II. This is the book to start with
to understand how total war transformed a once-reluctant home front
into a launch pad for victory."-Marc Wortman, author of 1941:
Fighting the Shadow War "[A] vigorous narrative.The author is good
at teasing out small but telling detail...[and] also delivers
entertaining anecdotes. A welcome study of an aspect of wartime
history that is little known among those too young to have
experienced it."--Kirkus reviews
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