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Why we fight : Congress and the politics of World War II /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Young, Nancy Beck
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, ©2013.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
United States > Politics and government > 1933-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Causes.
United States. > Congress > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • The world before the war
  • Bringing home the bacon: Congress and the economics of war
  • "We'll get down and fight" over resource management
  • "Congress does have power" over the president
  • "A lesson to the president": labor legislation
  • Human rights or human wrongs? Congress, pluralism, and social justice
  • "The dregs of Europe": a conflicted refugee policy
  • A "virtual black-out of civil liberties" and the politics of prejudice
  • "Saving America for Americans": the fascistic origins of the second red scare
  • Epilogue: the world the war made.