Settling Down

World War II Veterans' Challenge to the Postwar Consensus

By: R. Saxe

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Hardcover | 15 December 2007 | Edition Number 1

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In the immediate years after World War II, veterans provided powerful critiques of American society, which were often at odds with civilian prescriptions that urged ex-soldiers to quietly integrate back into civilian life. At the same time, a Cold War consensus culture was developing in America, supported by some returning veterans, but rejected by others. By taking on diverse topics such as disgruntled soldiers' views of the homefront, John F. Kennedy's race for Congress, the images of vets in film noir, and the activism of African-American veterans, Settling Down examines the critical voices of soldiers, which were so prevalent in the immediate postwar era, but that were altered or eliminated in later years.

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"This well researched, clearly written study deserves an important place on the shelf of books about World War II veterans. Diversity, the author documents, not homogeneity, characterized the sixteen million veterans, a diversity that the emerging Cold War consensus erased. The excellent study iscompelling and convincing." - Keith W. Olson, Professor of History, University of Maryland, College Park"Settling Down reminds us that many returning GIs in 1945 were ambivalent both about their military service and their prospects in postwar American society. Far from being greeted as the 'Greatest Generation, ' many civilians wanted these returning GIs to quickly lose their veteran identity and meld back into the mainstream. Saxe is best at examining how an emerging Cold War consensus crushed the American Veterans Committee and the limited the efforts of black veterans to challenge the institutional racism that permeated American society. An important addition to the growing body of scholarship examining the veteran experience in American society." - G. Kurt Piehler, Founding Director, (1994-1998) Rutgers Oral History Archives of World War II and Director, Center for the Study of War and Society

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Non-Fiction History Regional & National History History of the Americas Military History General & World History Earliest Times to Present Day 20th Century History from 1900 to 2000 Post War 20th Century History after 1945 Warfare & Defence Military Life & Institutions Engineering & Technology

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"The Reception Committee": Soldiers, Citizens, and the Veteran's Return
"The New Generation Offers a Leader": Lt. John F. Kennedy's 1946 Race for Congress
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: The Film Noir Veteran's Quest for Meaning in Postwar America
"Citizens First, Veterans Second": The American Veterans Committee and the Challenge of the Cold War
"The Negro Is No Longer Sleeping": African-American Veterans and the Limits of Consensus
"The Reception Committee": Soldiers, Citizens, and the Veteran's Return
"The New Generation Offers a Leader": Lt. John F. Kennedy's 1946 Race for Congress
Kiss the Blood Off My Hands: The Film Noir Veteran's Quest for Meaning in Postwar America Citizens First
Veterans Second": The American Veterans Committee and the Challenge of the Cold War
"The Negro Is No Longer Sleeping": African-American Veterans and the Limits of Consensus
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World War II Veterans' Challenge to the Postwar Consensus

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