People's History of World War II

A collection of World War II writings and images by Studs Terkel, Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), Howard Zinn, Nelson Peery, Elisabeth Freund, and others. The most destructive war in human history, World War II continues to generate an astonishingly rich trove of historical material, writings, and first-person recollections, which are essential to any appreciation of this most pivotal of historical events. A People's History of World War II brings the full range of human experience during World War II to life through some of the most vivid accounts and images available anywhere. This concise and accessible volume includes first-person interviews by Studs Terkel; rare archival photographs from the Office of War Information collection; propaganda comics from Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss); narratives of wartime experiences from writers including historian Howard Zinn, civil rights activist Robert L. Carter, and celebrated French author Marguerite Duras; and selections from the writings of some of the world's leading historians of the war, including John Dower, Philippe Burrin, David Wyman, and Eric Hobsbawm. For anyone interested in an unsanitized view of the war as it was experienced by victors and victims alike in Europe, Japan, and the United States here is the perfect antidote to the "e;greatest generation"e; mythology of our own time.