Other editions of book Don't you know there's a war on? The American home front, 1941-1945

The tragic events of September 11, 2001 brought to the surface memories of an earlier time of unprecedented national emergency—Pearl Harbor—and America's subsequent involvement in World War II. In this evocative cultural history, Richard Lingeman re-creates the events—historic, humorous, and tragic—and personalities of the American home front. From V-girls and V-mail, blackouts and the internment of the Japanese, to new opportunities for African-Americans and women, Lingeman recaptures a unique time in American history in this New York Times Notable Book.

The tragic events of September 11, 2001 brought to the surface memories of an earlier time of unprecedented national emergency—Pearl Harbor—and America's subsequent involvement in World War II. In this evocative cultural history, Richard Lingeman re-creates the events—historic, humorous, and tragic—and personalities of the American home front. From V-girls and V-mail, blackouts and the internment of the Japanese, to new opportunities for African-Americans and women, Lingeman recaptures a unique time in American history in this New York Times Notable Book.

The tragic events of September 11, 2001 brought to the surface memories of an earlier time of unprecedented national emergency-Pearl Harbor-and America's subsequent involvement in World War II. In this evocative cultural history, Richard Lingeman re-creates the events-historic, humorous, and tragic-and personalities of the American home front. From V-girls and V-mail, blackouts and the internment of the Japanese, to new opportunities for African-Americans and women, Lingeman recaptures a unique time in American history in this New York Times Notable Book.

Don't You Know There's a War On is a classic of significant popular history. Don't You Know There's a War On is the story of what happened in the United States between Pearl Harbor and VJ day. It is a thorough re-creation of the events, sometimes ludicrous and sometimes tragic, and personalities that left their mark upon America during a period of transition and the people. The girls in v-mail, will run and Henry Kaiser, dollar-a-year men, Sidney Hillman and Rosie the riveter, Ernie Pyle, and the voice of the turtle, Brian Colak and don't sit under the apple tree, blackouts and the interment of the Japanese. Six years in the research and writing, the book exhibits as sharp eye for small revelatory details such as civil defense measures in Wyoming, milk shortages in Texas, and one armed outfielders - as for large and crucial subjects, such as the response of industry to war and shifting population patterns that challenge the face of the nation.