Leaving 1945 Behind: A Grassroots Perspective on the U.S. Transition to Peacetime
Journal of Contemporary History
Published online on April 13, 2026
Abstract
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This article revisits the US transition to peacetime after the Second World War from a bottom-up perspective. While postwar America is often portrayed as a unified society led by returning veterans who seamlessly reintegrated into civilian life, this ...
This article revisits the US transition to peacetime after the Second World War from a bottom-up perspective. While postwar America is often portrayed as a unified society led by returning veterans who seamlessly reintegrated into civilian life, this ...