Description
Book SynopsisJordan Braverman''s eloquent narrative account of media participation in World War II is comprehensive enough to satisfy the most rigorous academic standards, but written to be accessible to all readers. To Hasten the Homecoming is an important cultural history of the American home front during World War II, which examines how popular culture reinforced patriotic sentiments and united an innocent country to defeat a common enemy. Braverman provides readers with a deep insight into America''s national identity and self-perceptions during the most savage war in history.
Trade ReviewConcise, richly researched, wide-angled, a quarry of information for readers under fifty, and a deep well of nostalgia for those who worked through, or were caught up in, that most terrible war in history. -- Norman Corwin, writer
Jordan Braverman knows that 'the artillery of words' (Emerson) helped win a war. He has pulled together the messages of those who dared to 'speak in words as hard as cannon balls' (Swift) into a masterful work. -- Nanette Fabray MacDougall, actress
Table of Contents1.The Home Front: An Overview 2.OWI: What Shall We Tell? How Shall We Tell It? 3.Radio: The Programs We Heard 4.Music: The Songs We Sang 5.Movies: The Films We Saw 6.Theater: What the Playwrights Said 7.Publications: The Books We Read 8.Cartoons: How They Fought the War 9.Advertising: How We Sold the War at Home 10.World War II: A Turning Point
