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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 940.5373
EAN: 9780316831567
ISBN: 0316831565
Label: Back Bay Books
Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: July 30, 2001
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Sales Rank: 76903
Studio: Back Bay Books
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Product Description:
North Americas preeminent multicultural historian scrutinizes the contradictions of the good war andthrough the stories and voices of ordinary, ethnically diverse Americansreveals how World War II represented a double victory against fascism abroad and prejudice at home.
Amazon.com Review:
America's entry into World War II made comrades-in-arms of men and women from every region and every walk of life, united in the battle for freedom and against fascism. It is no small irony, historian Ronald Takaki observes, that the armed struggle for democracy abroad "was accompanied by a disregard for our nation's declaration that 'all men are created equal'" in the form of institutional racism of many kinds, from the segregation of African American units to the imprisonment of Japanese Americans and the refusal to grant asylum to Jewish refugees.
In Double Victory, Takaki examines the many contributions of America's minorities to the war effort, celebrating the work of Mexican farm laborers and Anglo women welders, of Navajo code talkers and Filipino foot soldiers, who proclaimed themselves to be "men, not houseboys," of Chinese American combat nurses and Asian Indian gunners. These men and women, Takaki writes, made extraordinary sacrifices in their battle against enemies without and enemies within. Although their efforts were not always appreciated at the time, they helped set in motion the struggle for civil rights that would explode two decades later. Takaki's book is a welcome and much needed entry in the recent literature on the World War II era, and it merits the widest possible audience. --Gregory McNamee
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I was required to read Double Victory for an American History course during college. Recently I went back and re-read it, and I feel as if I am all the better for it. I have always been very interested in WWII books, especially those detailing events that transpired in the Nazi extermination camps. This book provides a great background of what was going home in the good old U.S. of A. while our soldiers were fighting for freedom and equality in Europe.
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This book is, in my opinion, a must have for any history teacher. I often use excerpts in my classroom to help make the WWII time period more "human" to my students. The students seem to enjoy the break from international affairs during their study of the war and to get a more personal look at the situations on the homefront. Takaki excells in regard. His writing concerning blacks in the military and their equality struggles at home is a profound and eye-opening part of the book.
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Although most Americans think of World War II as a two-front war--the Pacific theater and the European front--historian Ronald Takaki reminds us that there was a third, more insidious campaign--the struggle at home against "ugly prejudices" and violent oppression of ethnic minorities. While the Roosevelt administration touted the "Four Freedoms" for which Americans were fighting, those freedoms (freedom of speech and religion and freedom from want and fear) were still not fully extended to citizens, ... Read More
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I've liked previous Takaki books such as From A Different Shore, A Different Mirror and Iron Cages. Double Victory continues in that tradition. Takaki focuses on different ethnic groups and how they reacted to American involvement in WWII. It deals with the desire of minorities to be treated as equals with them seeing WWII as a chance to prove their loyality to America through war. Takaki deals with African-Americans, Native Americans, Chicanos, Asian Americans and Jewish Americans. Takaki deals with ... Read More
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The story u dont here from Brokaw. Takaki, a third generation American of Japanese heritage and Berkeley prof, teaches that no one ever made a film about the race riots that occurred during WWII, you never hear about the Mexican Americans who harvested crops to supply the troops. You never hear speeches about the Jim Crow rules, the Navajo, black, Korean, Filipino, Indian, German, Japanese, and other Americans during the great War. This book fills in the gaps, with stories about Korean Americans who ... Read More
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