The Resource The good occupation : American soldiers and the hazards of peace, Susan L. Carruthers
The good occupation : American soldiers and the hazards of peace, Susan L. Carruthers
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- Summary
- Waged for a just cause and culminating in total victory, World War II was America's "good war." Yet for millions of GIs overseas, the war did not end with Germany's and Japan's surrenders. The Good Occupation chronicles America's transition from wartime combatant to postwar occupier, by exploring the intimate thoughts and feelings of the ordinary servicemen and women who participated--often reluctantly--in the difficult project of rebuilding nations they had so recently worked to destroy. When the war ended, most of the seven million Americans in uniform longed to return to civilian life. Yet many remained on active duty, becoming the "after-army" tasked with bringing order and justice to societies ravaged by war. Susan Carruthers shows how American soldiers struggled to deal with unprecedented catastrophe among millions of displaced refugees and concentration camp survivors while negotiating the inevitable tensions that arose between victors and the defeated enemy. Drawing on thousands of unpublished letters, diaries, and memoirs, she reveals the stories service personnel told themselves and their loved ones back home in order to make sense of their disorienting and challenging postwar mission. The picture Carruthers paints is not the one most Americans recognize today. A venture undertaken by soldiers with little appetite for the task has crystallized, in the retelling, into the "good occupation" of national mythology: emblematic of the United States' role as a bearer of democracy, progress, and prosperity. In real time, however, "winning the peace" proved a perilous business, fraught with temptation and hazard.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Contents
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- Introduction: The troublesome "O-word"
- Preparing to occupy
- "The life of conquerors"
- Staging victory in Asia
- From V-E to VD
- Displaced and displeased persons
- Demobilization by demoralization
- Getting without spending
- Domesticating occupation
- Conclusion: The "good occupation"?
- Isbn
- 9780674545700
- Label
- The good occupation : American soldiers and the hazards of peace
- Title
- The good occupation
- Title remainder
- American soldiers and the hazards of peace
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan L. Carruthers
- Subject
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- History
- Personal narratives
- Personal narratives
- Personal narratives -- American
- Reconstruction (1939-1951)
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Personal narratives, American
- 1900-1999
- Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953
- Soldiers
- Diplomatic relations
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Waged for a just cause and culminating in total victory, World War II was America's "good war." Yet for millions of GIs overseas, the war did not end with Germany's and Japan's surrenders. The Good Occupation chronicles America's transition from wartime combatant to postwar occupier, by exploring the intimate thoughts and feelings of the ordinary servicemen and women who participated--often reluctantly--in the difficult project of rebuilding nations they had so recently worked to destroy. When the war ended, most of the seven million Americans in uniform longed to return to civilian life. Yet many remained on active duty, becoming the "after-army" tasked with bringing order and justice to societies ravaged by war. Susan Carruthers shows how American soldiers struggled to deal with unprecedented catastrophe among millions of displaced refugees and concentration camp survivors while negotiating the inevitable tensions that arose between victors and the defeated enemy. Drawing on thousands of unpublished letters, diaries, and memoirs, she reveals the stories service personnel told themselves and their loved ones back home in order to make sense of their disorienting and challenging postwar mission. The picture Carruthers paints is not the one most Americans recognize today. A venture undertaken by soldiers with little appetite for the task has crystallized, in the retelling, into the "good occupation" of national mythology: emblematic of the United States' role as a bearer of democracy, progress, and prosperity. In real time, however, "winning the peace" proved a perilous business, fraught with temptation and hazard.--
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- Cataloging source
- MH/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Carruthers, Susan L.
- Dewey number
- 940.53/144092313
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- D825
- LC item number
- .C274 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Reconstruction (1939-1951)
- Reconstruction (1939-1951)
- United States
- Soldiers
- Diplomatic relations
- Soldiers
- United States
- Reconstruction (1939-1951)
- Soldiers
- United States
- Label
- The good occupation : American soldiers and the hazards of peace, Susan L. Carruthers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-370) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The troublesome "O-word" -- Preparing to occupy -- "The life of conquerors" -- Staging victory in Asia -- From V-E to VD -- Displaced and displeased persons -- Demobilization by demoralization -- Getting without spending -- Domesticating occupation -- Conclusion: The "good occupation"?
- Control code
- ocn946907181
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674545700
- Lccn
- 2016014994
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 40026553120
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780674545700
- (OCoLC)946907181
- Label
- The good occupation : American soldiers and the hazards of peace, Susan L. Carruthers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-370) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction: The troublesome "O-word" -- Preparing to occupy -- "The life of conquerors" -- Staging victory in Asia -- From V-E to VD -- Displaced and displeased persons -- Demobilization by demoralization -- Getting without spending -- Domesticating occupation -- Conclusion: The "good occupation"?
- Control code
- ocn946907181
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9780674545700
- Lccn
- 2016014994
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other control number
- 40026553120
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780674545700
- (OCoLC)946907181
Subject
- History
- Personal narratives
- Personal narratives
- Personal narratives -- American
- Reconstruction (1939-1951)
- Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Personal narratives, American
- 1900-1999
- Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- United States
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953
- Soldiers
- Diplomatic relations
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