{"product_id":"americans-in-a-world-at-war-intimate-histories-from-the-crash-of-pan-ams-yankee-clipper-hardcover","title":"Americans in a World at War: Intimate Histories from the Crash of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrooke L. Blower\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA vivid narrative of an ill-fated Pan American flight during World War II that captures the dramatic backstories of its passengers and, through them, the impact of Americans' global connections. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn February 21, 1943, Pan American Airways' celebrated seaplane, the \u003cem\u003eYankee Clipper\u003c\/em\u003e, took off from New York's Marine Air Terminal and island-hopped its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Arriving at Lisbon the following evening, it crashed in the Tagus River, killing twenty-four of its thirty-nine passengers and crew. \u003cem\u003eAmericans in a World at War \u003c\/em\u003etraces the backstories of seven worldly Americans aboard that plane, their personal histories, their politics, and the paths that led them toward war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombat soldiers made up only a small fraction of the millions of Americans, both in and out of uniform, who scattered across six continents during the Second World War. This book uncovers a surprising history of American noncombatants abroad in the years leading into the twentieth century's most consequential conflict. Long before GIs began storming beaches and liberating towns, Americans had forged extensive political, economic, and personal ties to other parts of the world. These deep and sometimes contradictory engagements, which preceded the bombing of Pearl Harbor, would shape and in turn be transformed by the US war effort. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe intriguing biographies of the \u003cem\u003eYankee Clipper\u003c\/em\u003e's passengers--among them an Olympic-athlete-turned-export salesman, a Broadway star, a swashbuckling pilot, and two entrepreneurs accused of trading with the enemy--upend conventional American narratives about World War II. As their travels take them from Ukraine, France, Spain, Panama, Cuba, and the Philippines to Java, India, Australia, Britain, Egypt, the Soviet Union, and the Belgian Congo, among other hot spots, their movements defy simple boundaries between home front and war front. \u003cem\u003eAmericans in a World at War \u003c\/em\u003eoffers fresh perspectives on a transformative period of US history and global connections during the \"American Century.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBrooke L. Blower\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate Professor of History at Boston University. She is the author of the award-winning \u003cem\u003eBecoming Americans in Paris: Transatlantic Politics and Culture between the World Wars\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2011) as well as the co-editor of\u003cem\u003e The Familiar Made Strange: American Icons and Artifacts after the Transnational Turn\u003c\/em\u003e and volume 3 of the \u003cem\u003eCambridge History of America and the World\u003c\/em\u003e. She is a founding editor of the journal\u003cem\u003e Modern American History\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 560\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9 x 11 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51776743997728,"sku":"9780199322008","price":45.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bb276b131c527afc33ef08d9be4a7ad8.webp?v=1780484762","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/americans-in-a-world-at-war-intimate-histories-from-the-crash-of-pan-ams-yankee-clipper-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}