Larry Schweikart and Michael Allen, “Democracy’s Finest Hour” (2004)

Capitalism and ppls participation won wwII

David M. Kennedy, “The War of Machines” (1999)

• Massive production was crucial to the war.

• Quantity over Quality (Liberty ship)

Chad Williams, “The Black Soldier” (2021)

• Despite their significant efforts and contributions, African American soldiers experienced discrimination in the army, such as segregation.

• Issac Woodard's tragedy pressed Truman to establish executive order 9981.

Howard Zinn, “A People’s War?” (1980)

• Although the US declared WWII as a war for people, the historical records suggest that its main motivations were imperialism and economy rather than democracy.

Fareed Zakaria, “The Real American Revolution: Industrial America” (2024

• The American revolution did not structurally change the US society, it was the second industrialization that significantly influenced the political and societal ideologies of people and parties.

Franklin D. Roosevelt, “State of the Union Address” (The Four Freedoms) (1941)

A speech of FDR during January 1941.

• wwII threatens democracy for US too

• US should raise funds and effort

J. Saunders Redding, “A —- Looks at This War” (1942)

A first-perspective memoir from an African American.

• wwII outcome impacts whites and blacks

• There’s discrimination in war

• A war of liberty and democracy.

Dr. Seuss, “Waiting for the Signal from Home” (1942)

Propaganda against Japanese.

• All Japanese ppl are traitors

Lieutenant General DeWitt, “Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry” (1942)

Document proposed by the government.

• Japanese ppl are a threat that need to be locked away temporarilly

Oral History Interview, “Adele Wray Remembers World War II” (1984)

Oral interview from an ordinary person during the war.

• Everyone (including women) can help in the war

Uncle Sam Says - Joshua White (1941)

A poem representing black people’s voice.

• US thinks black ppl are unfit to fight in war and its unfair

Life in the Internment Camps Oral History - James Kazato in Richard Lidz’s Many Kinds of Courage: An Oral History of WWII (1980)

First perspective memoir of a Japanese.

• The camps are inhumane and unfair