Crash course : from the good war to the forever war Cover Image

Book

Crash course : from the good war to the forever war / H. Bruce Franklin.

Franklin, H. Bruce (Howard Bruce), 1934- (author.).

Summary:

"Growing up during the Second World War, H. Bruce Franklin believed what he was told: that America's victory would lead to a new era of world peace. Like most Americans, he was soon led to believe in a world wide Communist conspiracy that menaced the United States, forcing the nation into a disastrous war in Korea. But once he joined the U.S. Air Force and began flying top-secret missions as a navigator and intelligence officer, what he learned was eye-opening: that even as the U.S. preached about peace and freedom, it was engaging in an endless cycle of warfare, bringing devastation and oppression to fledgling democracies across the globe. Now, after fifty years as a renowned cultural historian, Franklin offers a set of hard-learned lessons about modern American history. Crash Course is essential reading for anyone who wonders how America ended up where it is today: with a deeply divided and disillusioned populace, led by a dysfunctional government, and mired in unwinnable wars. It also finds startling parallels between America's foreign military exploits and the equally brutal tactics used on the home front to crush organized labor, antiwar, and civil rights movements."--Dust jacket flap.

Record details

ISBN: 9781978800915
ISBN: 1978800916
ISBN: 9781978801202
ISBN: 1978801203
Physical Description: ix, 315 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 25 cm.
Publisher: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-297) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	The last victory? -- The bombs bursting in air, or, How we lost World War II -- New connections -- Working for communists during the Korean War -- On the water front -- Thirteen confessions of a Cold Warrior -- Wake-up time -- Burning illusions -- French connections -- Coming home -- The war comes home.