Carefully selected from the Eisenhower Library's World War II Participants Collection and other archives, this material-generated in response to the historical events themselves-reflects the mindset of the people who produced it. is one of the first books to make primary source material on this era widely available for use in the classroom. These contemporary documents reveal a great deal about the attitudes of the World War II generation toward matters such as gender, political beliefs, race, religion, social and cultural mores, and personal values. This compelling text enables students to discover how the war truly influenced an entire generation of Americans. is an excellent resource for courses in American twentieth-century history, World War II, and U.S. social and cultural history.