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Why we fight : Congress and the politics of World War II / Nancy Beck Young.

Author: Young, Nancy Beck.

Imprint:Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, c2013.

Descriptionxiii, 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Note:The world before the war -- Bringing home the bacon: Congress and the economics of war -- "We'll get down and fight" over resource management -- "Congress does have power" over the president -- "A lesson to the president": labor legislation -- Human rights or human wrongs? Congress, pluralism, and social justice -- "The dregs of Europe": a conflicted refugee policy -- A "virtual black-out of civil liberties" and the politics of prejudice -- "Saving America for Americans": the fascistic origins of the second red scare -- Epilogue: the world the war made.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-351) and index.



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Young, Nancy Beck.
Subject:
United States. Congress -- History -- 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945.