World War II Home Front

Provides an overview of what life was like in the United States during World War II. Contents include: Franklin D. Roosevelt; Conducting the war; Recruiting efforts; Women's Air Force Service pilots; Financing the war; Advertising the war; Eleanor Roosevelt; Factory production; Women on the home front; Farm production; Victory gardens; Rationing; In the cities; The family; Children; Mistreatment of ethnic groups; The media; Sports and entertainment; The atomic bomb; Victory; What have we learned?