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Historians acknowledge that World War II touched every man, woman, and child in the United States. In "Small Town America in World War II, " Ronald E. Marcello uses oral history interviews with civilians and veterans to explore how the citizens of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania, responded to the war effort. Located along the western shore of the Susquehanna River in York County, Wrightsville was a transportation hub with various shops, stores, and services as well as industrial plants.
Interviews with citizens and veterans are organized in sections on the home front; the North...

Few works of military history are able to move between the battlefield and academia. But "Warriors and Scholars" takes the best from both worlds by presenting the viewpoints of senior, eminent military historians on topics of their specialty, alongside veteran accounts for the modern war being discussed. Editors Peter Lane and Ronald Marcello have added helpful contextual and commentary footnotes for student readers.
The papers, originally from the University of North Texas's annual Military History Seminar, are organized chronologically from World War II to the present day, making this a...