HIST 256 America & World War II

This is a history of American experiences during the war and in the immediate postwar period, including an examination of the home front, European and Pacific theaters. Themes include propaganda, PTS(D) and its precursors, veteran studies, trauma, the integration of various groups into the U.S. military, gender roles, and peace movements. We will explore the collective memory of the war through national narratives, the media, and popular culture. Questions of whose histories are remembered and forgotten, definitions of heroism, and the ways myths of war are created for specific purposes will be discussed.