The United States in World War II

List of Illustrations x Series Editors' Preface xi Source Acknowledgments xiv Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Controversial War 15 1 Henry Stimson, Diplomatic Note, 1932 15 2 William E. Dodd, Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1934 16 3 US Congress, Excerpt from the Neutrality Act, 1935 19 4 Chicago Defender , "League of Nations Holds Meetings," Editorial, 1936 24 5 Jane Woolsey, "No Mr. Churchill!" and Mandy Butler, "Yes, Mr. Churchill!," Rutgers Anthologist , 1941 26 6 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, "The Atlantic Charter," 1941 31 7 US Congress, Excerpt from Hearings, Propaganda in Motion Pictures , 1941 32 8 Cordell Hull Proposal to Japanese Ambassador Nomura and His Reply, 1941 37 Chapter 2 Pearl Harbor and Meeting the Fight 44 1 Ruth A. Erickson, Recollections of Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1997 44 2 Eleanor Roosevelt, Script for Radio Program, 1941 46 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address to the Joint Session of Congress, 1941 54 4 William Dyess, Excerpt from The Eye?]witness Account of the Death March from Bataan , 1944 56 5 General George Marshall to Admiral Ernest King, Memorandum, and Franklin D. Roosevelt to Harry L. Hopkins, General Marshall, and Admiral King, Memorandum, 1942 58 Chapter 3 The Pacific War 63 1 Alvin Kernan, Excerpt from Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket ' s World Odyssey , 1994 63 2 John Hersey, Excerpt from "The Battle of Rivers," Life , 1942 65 3 US Army Research Branch, Excerpt from Report No. B?]11, "Factors Affecting Morale of Veteran Infantrymen in the Pacific," 1945 71 4 John Ciardi, Excerpts from Diary, 1944 73 5 Sam Smith, Oral History Interview Regarding Battle of Iwo Jima, 2004 76 Chapter 4 The War in North Africa and Europe 79 1 George Marshall to Lesley McNair, Memorandum, 1942 79 2 James R. Forgan to Commanding General, European Theater of Operations, Memorandum, 1945 80 3 Dwight Eisenhower, Draft Statement and Memorandum to the Combined Chiefs of Staff, 1944 83 4 Harold E. Mayo, Letter to Robert Cummins, 1944 86 5 Paul Fergot, Letters to Parents and Wife, 1944, 1945 88 6 Emiel W. Owens, Excerpt from Blood on German Snow: An African American Artilleryman in World War II and Beyond , 2006 90 Chapter 5 Mobilizing the Home Front 95 1 US Treasury Department, "This Is My Fight Too!" Poster, 1942 95 2 Irving Berlin, "I Paid My Income Tax Today," Song Lyrics, 1942 96 3 US Office of Price Administration, Ration Book Cover, Stamps, Instructions, 1942 98 4 New Jersey League of Women Voters, Leaguesboro?]onthe?]Air, "Black Market" Radio Script, 1943 or 1944? 102 5 Newark, New Jersey, Defense Council, "Summary of Meeting on Care of Mothers and Children," 1942 107 6 Christian Commission for Camp and Defense Communities, "Church Letter on War Communities," Newsletter, 1942 110 Chapter 6 The Arsenal of Democracy 114 1 Donald M. Nelson, Excerpts from Arsenal of Democracy: The Story of American War Production , 1946 114 2 Lee Wilson, Excerpt from Interview, 2006 120 3 US National War Labor Board, "Statement from the National War Labor Board to the Parties in Dispute Cases," 1944 123 4 Montgomery Ward Department Store, Flyers Distributed to Employees, and International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Flyer to Union Members, 1943, 1944 126 5 Sewell Avery and US Soldiers, Photograph, 1944 130 6 Washington Post , "Law and Responsibility," Editorial, 1944 131 7 Janice C. Christensen, Letters to Parents, 1943 133 8 Dae D. Baird, Letter to Evelyn E. Baird, July 7, 1944 136 Chapter 7 The Quest for Freedom 139 1 John Haynes Holmes, Excerpt from "The Case of the Jehovah ' s Witnesses," The Christian Century , 1940 139 2 Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Executive Order Reaffirming Policy of Full Participation by all Persons, Regardless of Race, Creed, Color, or National Origin," 1941 145 3 Frederick Wells to Harry A. Wann, Memorandum, 1942 147 4 Daniel K. Inouye, Excerpt from Journey to Washington , 1967 149 5 Charles Kikuchi, Diary Entries, 1942 151 6 Cesar Chavez, Excerpt from Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa , 1975 155 Chapter 8 The American Response to the Holocaust 159 1 Ferdinand M. Isserman, Excerpt from Sentenced to Death: The Jews in Nazi Germany , 1933 159 2 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Public Statement, 1938 163 3 Robert Taft, Letter to Allan Tarlish, 1939 164 4 Breckinridge Long, Diary Excerpts, 1940, 1942-1944 166 5 Myron C. Taylor, Memorandum of Conversation, Letter to Cardinal Maglione, 1942 169 6 The New York Times , "11 Allies Condemn Nazi War on Jews," 1942 172 7 Henry Morgenthau, Jr. to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Excerpt from "Personal Report to the President," Memorandum, 1944 175 8 Harold Porter, Letter to Parents, 1945 182 9 David Max Eichhorn, Sermon, 1945 184 10 Simon Chilewich, Letter to Family, 1945 186 Chapter 9 From Strategic Bombing to the Atomic Bomb 190 1 Albert Einstein, Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939 190 2 US Army Air Force, Air War Plan Division, Excerpts from "Munitions Requirements of the AAF for the Defeat of our Potential Enemies," 1941 192 3 Pius XII, Memorandum on Bombing of Civilians, and Myron Taylor, Informal Notes for Discussion with Msgr. Montini, 1942 195 4 Interim Committee, Excerpt from Notes of Meeting, 1945 198 5 Senior Military Advisors, Excerpts from Minutes of Meeting, 1945 199 6 Heads of Governments, United States, China, and the United Kingdom, Potsdam Declaration, 1945 203 7 Henry Stimson, Diary Excerpts, 1945 205 8 Kurt Vonnegut, "Wailing Shall Be in All the Streets," 2008 209 Chapter 10 Visions of a Postwar World 217 1 Henry Luce, Excerpt from "The American Century," Life , 1941 217 2 Wendell Willkie, Excerpt from One World , 1943 219 3 Langston Hughes, "My America," Journal of Educational Sociology , 1943 221 4 Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, "Yalta Conference Public Statement," 1945 223 5 United Nations, Excerpt from Charter, 1945 230 6 Robert Jackson, Excerpts from Opening Address at Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, 1945 235 Chapter 11 Legacies of War 244 1 John J. Toffey IV, Excerpt from Jack Toffey ' s War , 2008 244 2 US War Department, Excerpt from Pamphlet, "Going Back to Civilian Life: A Supplement Explaining the Provisions of the 'GI Bill of Rights,'" 1944 248 3 Harvard Crimson , "Wistful Vista II," 1946; "The Counsellor and the Dean," 1947 250 4 Eli Ginzberg, Excerpt from Breakdown and Recovery , 1959 253 5 Mira Ryczke Kimmelman, Excerpt from Life Beyond the Holocaust , 2005 255 Chapter 12 Commemoration and Memory 259 1 Archibald MacLeish, "Memorials Are For Remembrance," The Architectural Forum , 1944 259 2 Elie Wiesel, Introduction to President ' s Commission on the Holocaust, Report to the President , 1979 263 3 Ronald Reagan, Remarks on Signing the Bill Providing Restitution for the Wartime Internment of Japanese?]American Civilians, 1988 268 4 Tom Brokaw, Remarks at the Dedication of the National World War II Memorial, 2004 270 5 Geoffrey Wheatcroft, "Munich Shouldn't be Such a Dirty Word," Washington Post , 2008 274 Bibliography 278 Index 285