{"product_id":"americans-in-a-world-at-brooke-l-blower-9780199322008","title":"Americans in a World at War: Intimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eA vivid narrative of an ill-fated Pan American flight during World War II that captures the dramatic backstories of its passengers and, through them, the impact of Americans' global connections. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn February 21, 1943, Pan American Airways' celebrated seaplane, the \u003cem\u003eYankee Clipper\u003c\/em\u003e, took off from New York's Marine Air Terminal and island-hopped its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Arriving at Lisbon the following evening, it crashed in the Tagus River, killing twenty-four of its thirty-nine passengers and crew. \u003cem\u003eAmericans in a World at War \u003c\/em\u003etraces the backstories of seven worldly Americans aboard that plane, their personal histories, their politics, and the paths that led them toward war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombat soldiers made up only a small fraction of the millions of Americans, both in and out of uniform, who scattered across six continents during the Second World War. This book uncovers a surprising history of American noncombatants abroad in the years leading into the twentieth century's most consequential conflict. Long before GIs began storming beaches and liberating towns, Americans had forged extensive political, economic, and personal ties to other parts of the world. These deep and sometimes contradictory engagements, which preceded the bombing of Pearl Harbor, would shape and in turn be transformed by the US war effort. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe intriguing biographies of the \u003cem\u003eYankee Clipper\u003c\/em\u003e's passengers--among them an Olympic-athlete-turned-export salesman, a Broadway star, a swashbuckling pilot, and two entrepreneurs accused of trading with the enemy--upend conventional American narratives about World War II. As their travels take them from Ukraine, France, Spain, Panama, Cuba, and the Philippines to Java, India, Australia, Britain, Egypt, the Soviet Union, and the Belgian Congo, among other hot spots, their movements defy simple boundaries between home front and war front. \u003cem\u003eAmericans in a World at War \u003c\/em\u003eoffers fresh perspectives on a transformative period of US history and global connections during the \"American Century.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brooke L. Blower\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0199322007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780199322008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/29\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 11.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024","brand":"Brooke L. Blower","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44072434204927,"sku":"9780199322008","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_46f9928b-d195-4b62-8c7f-c5fc32e3ba5a.jpg?v=1685441943","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/americans-in-a-world-at-brooke-l-blower-9780199322008","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}