ML05-V. THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE UNITED STATES DURING WORLD WAR II

This lecture will enable listeners to understand the many ways in which the American people transformed during the course of the Second World War. In addition to building a mighty arsenal – including army, navy, and air force to fight a global war – they transformed their thinking about their role in the world. Moving from isolationism to global leadership in a few short years, the American people had to reinvent their national identity and develop a new relationship to the wider world.