Americans in a world at war : intimate histories from the crash of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper / Brooke L. Blower.
'Americans in a World at War' tells the panoramic and often surprising story of seven worldly Americans, their personal histories, their politics, and the paths that led them to board a Pan American Airways seaplane bound for Lisbon in February 1943. When the Yankee Clipper crashed in the...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2023.
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| Series: | Oxford scholarship online.
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| Summary: | 'Americans in a World at War' tells the panoramic and often surprising story of seven worldly Americans, their personal histories, their politics, and the paths that led them to board a Pan American Airways seaplane bound for Lisbon in February 1943. When the Yankee Clipper crashed in the Tagus River, it took numerous lives but left a paper trail that leads to a richer, deeper understanding of Americans' diverse global commitments during the first half of the twentieth century as well as how the Second World War would transform those engagements. |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2023. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white). |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197676240 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oso/9780199322008.001.0001 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 31, 2023). |