The Literature of the United States of America pp 168-221 | Cite as
War and post-war
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Abstract
The isolationism of the Monroe Doctrine, reaffirmed by simple-minded Neutrality Acts in the 1930s, became obsolete on 7 December 1941 when 353 Japanese carrier-borne aircraft made a surprise attack on America’s Pacific base at Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. Congress declared war on Japan the following day; Germany and Italy, as Japan’s allies, declared war on the United States on 11 December. America’s history since then has been one of increasingly intricate global involvement and fluctuating national confidence.
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Further reading
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- abraham chapman (ed.), Black Voices: An Anthology of Afro-American Literature (London: New English Library, 1968).Google Scholar
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- stan smith, A Sadly Contracted Hero: The Comic Self in Post-War American Fiction (British Association for American Studies: BAAS Pamphlets in American Studies, 5, 1981).Google Scholar
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- eoffrey thurley, The American Moment: American Poetry in the Mid-Century (London: Edward Arnold, 1977).Google Scholar
- helen vendler, Part of Nature, Part of Us: Modern American Poets (Cambridge, Mass. and London: Harvard UP, 1980).Google Scholar
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© Marshall Walker 1988