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Thanks for the memories : love, sex, and World War II / Jane Mersky Leder

Author
Leder, Jane Mersky
Published
Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.
Physical Description
xxix, 185 pages, 23 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

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Contents
Introduction -- Prologue : to my parents, Morris and Shirley Mersky -- Derailed dreams -- "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition" -- "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we may die" -- Discrimination in the ranks -- An army of service wives -- Waiting wives and home front popular culture -- "Over sexed, over fed, over paid, over there" -- "You'd be so nice to come home to" -- Babies, suburbia, and the seeds of change.
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ISBN
0275988791
9780275988791
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-174) and index.
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