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Author Holl, Richard E., 1960-

Title Committed to victory : the Kentucky home front in World War II / Richard E. Holl
Published Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2015

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Description 1 online resource
Series Topics in Kentucky history
Topics in Kentucky history.
Contents Kentucky war plants and weapons -- Ralph, Rosie, and labor-management relations -- Food for freedom -- Rationing, price controls, and the black market -- Politics as usual -- Kentucky on guard -- A Black man's place and a new place for Blacks -- Choosing to go: migration, identity, and social change -- Loved ones -- Rupp on the rise and Rubinstein's wine: entertainment in a barbaric age
Summary When World War II broke out in Europe in September 1939, Kentucky was still plagued by the Great Depression. Even though the inevitably of war had become increasingly apparent earlier that year, the citizens of the Commonwealth continued to view foreign affairs as a lesser concern compared to issues such as the lingering economic depression, the approaching planting season, and the upcoming gubernatorial race. It was only the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that destroyed any lingering illusions of peace
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Kentucky
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
HISTORY -- Social History.
Social conditions
SUBJECT Kentucky -- Social conditions -- 20th century
Kentucky -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140517
Subject Kentucky
United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813165653
0813165652
9780813165646
0813165644