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This book carries the reader back to the early years of World War II. It is centered on an insightful American woman’s daily experience, recorded in her diary from 1939 to 1942, wherein personal reflections and epic thrust yield an intriguing sense of plot. Historical and cultural issues are given perspective by richly interactive notes, a broadly based Introduction, reflective Epilogue, thematic Index, and more than fifty individual illustrations.

Lester Bartson is Chair of the Department of History at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Professor Bartson holds a doctorate in history from Harvard University.