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Don't You Know There's A War On?

The American Home Front 1941-1945

Richard Lingeman
April 2003     ISBN: 1560254653


The tragic events of September 11, 2001 brought to the surface memories of an earlier time of unprecedented national emergency: Pearl Harbor, and America's subsequent involvement in World War II. In this evocative cultural and social history, Richard Lingeman, the acclaimed biographer of Theodore Dreiser and Sinclair Lewis, recreates the events--historic, humorous and tragic--and personalities of the American Home front during World War II.

What readers are saying

"[Richard Lingeman] has written a very good book.... Onto his vast ocean of sharply observed detail, Mr. Lingeman has set down continents of more substantial information. How American industry converted to wartime production. How wartime Washington influenced Hollywood.... Though Mr. Lingeman pushes no conclusions, but simply leaves his colorful canvas to dry in the sun, one cannot help but conclude that we are still living in the shadow of the era."

--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times

"[Richard Lingeman] has recaptured with amazing accuracy the fads, foibles, follies, frenzies and foolishness of the '40s.... Much of what America has today was inherited from those World War II years."

--Indianapolis Star

About the Authors

Richard Lingeman is a senior editor at The Nation. His books include Small Town America: A Narrative History: 1620-Present; An American Journey: Theodore Dreiser, Sinclair Lewis: Rebel From Main Street and, most recently, Double Lives: American Writers’ Friendships.
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