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Pauwels has taught european history at the university of toronto, york university and the university of waterloo. The myth of the good war revised edition jacques pauwels. He is the author of the great class war 19141918, a revisionist history of that conflict, and the myth of the good war, in which he provides a revisionist look at the role of the united states and other allied countries in the second world war. The myth of the good war offers a fresh and provocative look at the role of the usa in world war two. Jacques pauwels book the myth of the good war breaks through the propaganda of world war ii as portrayed in standard us history books and.

America in the second world war revised edition by jacques r. It spent four months on the nonfiction bestseller lists. The myth of the good war offers a fresh and provocative look at the role of the usa in world war. The myth of the good war is an accessible and wellwritten book. America in the second world war revised edition, 2nd ed. Historian jacques pauwels questions this orthodox view of americas participation in world war two. Jacques pauwels, a belgianborn canadian historian and author of the 2000 book the myth of the good war. He argues that the role of the usa in world war ii was determined not by idealism. The myth of the good war revised edition in books, english commentaires fermes sur the myth of the good war revised edition 3762 views in the spirit of historians howard zinn, gwynne dyer, and noam chomsky, jacques pauwels focuses on the big picture. Pauwels, november 11, 20 settanta anni fa, dicembre 1941. The myth of the good war in the spirit of historians howard zinn, gwynne dyer, and noam chomsky, jacques pauwels focuses on the big picture.

His analysis explicitly addresses many of the myths that have since been fostered about the u. In fact, the second world war is almost never discussed in terms of imperialism but only in terms of an exceedingly superficial and misleading contest between democracy and dictatorship or occasionally democracy and fascism. In his view, the united states was not the disinterested was the role of the united states in the second world war an essentially idealistic one, a crusading struggle to conquer the dark forces of german fascism and japanese militarism. James lorimer 2002 jacques pauwels set out to synthesize the disparate monographs and scholarly articles that strip away the layers of the american mystique surrounding that countrys participation in world war. Author pauwels, jacques r subjects world war, 19391945 united states world war 19391945. Pauwels has some rather strong claims about the allies schemes towards germany in ww2. The myth of the good war america in the second world war this book offers a fresh. The reader feels immersed in a bath of refreshing ideas. America in the second world war by the historical community.

Excellent hotels, meals, and history lectures by your tour escort, jacques pauwels, author of a number of books on both world wars, including a study of the role of the canadian army in the liberation of belgium, a recent book on ww i, the great class war 19141918, and an international bestseller on ww ii, the myth of the good war. In the spirit of historians howard zinn, gwynne dyer, and noam chomsky, jacques pauwels focuses on the big picture. Familiar second world war figures from adolf hitler to franklin d. Leaders usually cast in a heroic mould in other books about this war look. It spent four months on the nonfiction bestseller lists in europe in 2000, and has since been translated into german, spanish and french. American involvement in the second world war has been questioned by left leaning writers, academics, and. Historian jacques pauwels attacks the widely held belief that world war ii was the war in which america led the forces of democracy and freedom to victory over fascist dictatorship.

Roosevelt and joseph stalin are portrayed in a new light in this book. America in the second world war fills out the hour with an exploration of the role of american industrialists like henry ford and prescott bush in helping to build the nazi war machine, the significance of the soviet contribution to the. Jacques pauwels book the myth of the good war breaks through the propaganda of world war ii as portrayed in standard us history books and various hollywood movies as the united states saving the world. America in the second world war, revised edition 9781459408722. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Like them, he seeks to find the real reasons for the actions of great powers and great leaders.

Pauwels tears this myth apart, uncovering the vicious nature of the western elite. Library and archives canada cataloguing in publication pauwels, jacques r. Historian jacques pauwels questions this orthodox view of americas. Pauwels uses historical facts and analysis to unmask profiteering by us firms in support of the nazi war machine. America in the second world war, revised edition mar 6, 2015 by jacques r. He is the author of several books on twentiethcentury history, including the myth of the good war, in which he provides a revisionist look at the role of the united states and other allied countries in the second world war an independent scholar, pauwels holds phds in. He argues that the role of the usa in this war was determined not by idealism, but by the interests of americas corporations. Every time westerners approval for war is required, the myth of the good war surfaces. Pauwels few truisms are as inviolable as the notion that the second world war was a battle of good versus evil. The reality is far messier and far more revealing of the evils that come from conflicts between great powers and great leaders seeking to enrich their countries and dominate the world. This book offers a fresh and provocative look at the role of the usa in world war ii. The revised edition of jacques pauwelss the myth of the good war incorporates important new research and significantly contributes to a more historically accurate and more critical account of the united states role in the second world war. Popular historian jacques pauwels attacks the widely held belief that world war ii was the good war, the war in which america led the forces of democracy and freedom to victory over fascist dictatorship and japanese militarism. America in the second world war by pauwels, jacques r lorimer, 2015.