Wartime

the economy, while modern technology provided mass entertainment and news across the globe. For example, during the war, Japanese output of industrial goods such as ships and mental grew some 40 percent because the Western powers outsourced their wartime needs for such products. As Japan took shipping, financial, and other business from Britain and France, its prosperity

an untold number moved away from their hometowns to take advantage of wartime opportunities, but many more remained in place, organizing home front initiatives to conserve resources, to build morale, to raise funds, and to fill jobs left by men who entered military service. The U.S. government, together with the nation’s private sector, instructed women on many fronts and carefully scrutinized their responses to the wartime emergency. The foremost message to women—that their activities and sacrifices

because he wanted the glory. 2. Describe how Tim's own coming of age parallels the wartime "coming of age" of the United

the Japanese and the Americans treated the Koreans and Japanese Americans, respectively, and offers several different viewpoints. Thus, this work is exceptionally important and provides incredible insight into both cultures and the harsh reality of wartime. Additionally, Fujitani also explains how the Korean and Japanese populations are still influenced today. The Japanese treated the Koreans harshly prior to the Japanese going to war with China. However, once

in his decision because it was made based on racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and it violated Japanese American citizen's constitutionally protected rights. The original plan for relocation called for 44,000 Italians and 20,000 Germans as well as Japanese Americans, yet only the Japanese were relocated. Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians concluded that relocation was motivated by "racism" and "wartime hysteria." Many blamed all Japanese for the attack even Japanese-Americans

World War II had a considerable influence on the United States. It is agreed by many historians that WWII was as surely won on the American homefront as it was on the actual battlefield. In 1939, compared to that of its enemies, American preparation for war was by far lacking. After just four year, The United States became a “military superpower.” According to a comparative study by Richard Overy, about two-thirds of all Allied military equipment produced during the war was provided by American

would only be needed temporarily during the war. However, this temporary wartime crisis made American women found that their individual and collective experiences during World War 2 prevented them from stepping back into the previous social and economic structure. This is because women’s presence in the military stretched and reshaped the gender roles and norms. Consequently, women who served in the Armed Forces during the wartime laid solid foundations for the various civil rights movements that would

its participant and from the participant perspective as is the case of Junger’s Storm of Steel. The author describes his war experience and raises many important themes among which the theme of death holds one of the main places. Junger shares his wartime experience and reveals profound transformations in the consciousness and worldview of soldiers, especially with regard to death, since their views on death evolve from the fear to acceptance, if not to say fatalism, and steadily they grow accustomed

in the great wars of this country. Wartime is exciting and yet destructive to everyone surrounding it. As Geoffrey Stone implies, “War generates a powerful mass psychology. Emotions run high. Spies, saboteurs, and terrorists lurk around every corner.” (Stone, pg.4) Stone informs the audience that war was a time of political matters such as slavery. There were lives lost of thousands, different types of acts such as the Sedition Act, and free speech during wartime. This book summarizes American history

St. Louis, Missouri, a city founded upon the dreams and aspirations of mankind, became a city based upon the wartime needs of the United States and Allied Powers during World War II. Situated on the banks of the Mississippi River, St. Louis became one of the main industrial regions for the war in the United States, due to “its strategic location, its favorable transportation facilities, and the character and diversification of its industries.” The location of the city allowed direct access to the