I read about this book in the New York Times this morning.
It beats the stuffing out of the myths about the Greatest Generation being these noble self-sacrificing Hectors.
Fact is, the Greatest Generation was and still is racist, and bears a great deal of responsibility for the atrocious state of race relations in America.
From the Times:
Indeed, the people who led the country in the 40's and fought the war have been transformed from mere mortals--with faults like the rest of us--into sudden secular saints. They were dubbed "the greatest generation" and made out to be peerless in bravery and moral rectitude.
But when it comes to racial justice, any claim of moral superiority is false on its face.
Go read this book.
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I was at the Bataan Death March. It wasn't that big a deal.
I hope to go down to the newly installed WWII memorial on the National Mall with my friend of Japanese decent, Gary. I'll wear a WWII American Army uniform, and Gary can don Japanese military garb from the same era. After he begins shouting "March, western pig!" and beating me with a stick in front of WWII veterans, we'll see what the "Greatest Generation" is really made of.
Sounds like you're itching for a one-way ticket to Gitmo, freedom hater.
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