GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation - Hardcover

Dash Moore, Deborah

 
9780674015098: GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0674015096 ISBN 13: 9780674015098
Verlag: The Belknap Press, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

Drawing on a series of memoirs, oral histories, and letters, a portrayal of American Jews who entered the U.S. armed forces during World War II provides a view of the struggles these Jewish GIs faced and how military service reshaped Jewish life in America and abroad.

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The great surprise of the season in World War II books is Deborah Dash Moore's wonderful "GI Jews: How World War II Changed a Generation"...It is an enjoyable read. Moore, a Vassar professor, writes well and knows how to tell a story...She has an eye for interesting characters and for what makes them interesting...She keeps up a lively pace and intersperses evocative vignettes with insightful analysis of what these Jewish troops' experiences meant to them, their families, their communities and the nation as a whole...For postwar generations, her book reveals how the experience of the war changed the generation that fought it and why it helped launch the civil rights movement, the Great Society and America's rise to global predominance. "GI Jews" should not be missed by anyone with an interest in World War II or the history of the American people.--Kenneth M. Pollack"Washington Post Book World" (06/05/2005)

Reseña del editor

Whether they came from Sioux Falls or the Bronx, over half a million Jews entered the U.S. armed forces during the Second World War. Uprooted from their working- and middle-class neighborhoods, they joined every branch of the military and saw action on all fronts. Deborah Dash Moore offers an unprecedented view of the struggles these GI Jews faced, having to battle not only the enemy but also the prejudices of their fellow soldiers. Through memoirs, oral histories, and letters, Moore charts the lives of fifteen young Jewish men as they faced military service and tried to make sense of its demands. From confronting pork chops to enduring front-line combat, from the temporary solace of Jewish worship to harrowing encounters with death camp survivors, we come to understand how these soldiers wrestled with what it meant to be an American and a Jew. Moore shows how military service in World War II transformed this generation of Jews, reshaping Jewish life in America and abroad. These men challenged perceptions of Jews as simply victims of the war, and encouraged Jews throughout the diaspora to fight for what was right. At the same time, service strengthened Jews' identification with American democratic ideals, even as it confirmed the importance of their Jewish identity. "GI Jews" is a powerful, intimate portrayal of the costs of a conflict that was at once physical, emotional, and spiritual, as well as its profound consequences for these hitherto overlooked members of the "greatest generation."

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Verlag
The Belknap Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2004
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0674015096
ISBN 13 
9780674015098
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Anzahl der Seiten
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