The Best War Ever: America and World War II
- ISBN-10
- 0801846978
- ISBN-13
- 9780801846977
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 189
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- JHU Press
- Author
- Michael C. C. Adams
Description
"Most valuable to students and general readers who have not given World War II serious study but who are interested in achieving a better understanding of America's experience in what Dwight D. Eisenhower called 'the Great Crusade.'" -- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
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