| Title | : | Rethinking the Good War |
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| ISBN | : | 0982369727 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9780982369722 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 36 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 2009 |
Rethinking the Good War Reviews
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This is an essay, not an exhaustive review. It analyzes the great American myth about WWII which is that we were blithely minding our own business when the vicious and dirty Japs attacked us. In a fit of righteous indignation the Greatest Generation invaded Normandy, crushed Hitler, and would've marched to Moscow if they hadn't run out of steam. Then they finally got around to dealing with the sneaky Japs by dropping The Bomb.
See? Even I can't make sense out of the standard issue story. Suffice it to say that Mr. Vance crushes it with evidence that FDR took active measures to involve us in WWII. Mr. Vance backs it up with multiple lists of books for further research, many of which were published immediately after the war, but were completely ignored in the rush to justify the deaths of millions of people.
He may not present conclusive evidence (for example, exactly what was FDR's motive for joining the war?), but he presents enough to show just how shaky the standard issue story is.
And it's a story worth questioning. I believe the historians of the future will have a dramatically different interpretation of WWII. The final conclusion about the war has not yet been made.
