Still the “Good War”?

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13135/1592-4467/12255

Keywords:

Good War, Internationalism, Nationalism, Greatest Generation, Democracy

Abstract

Seventh contribution to the Forum World War II at 80.

Author Biography

Tom Zeiler, University of Colorado Boulder

Tom Zeiler is Professor of History and Director of the Program in International Affairs at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has written Unconditional Defeat: Japan, America, and the End of World War II and Annihilation: A Global Military History of World War II (Bloomsbury, 2003), as well as studies on international economy and globalization and baseball history. His most recent book is Capitalist Peace: A History of American Free Trade Internationalism (Oxford University Press, 2022) and his book, Beyond the Nixon Shocks, which explores the demise of the “American Century,” will be published in 2025.

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Published

2025-09-10

Issue

Vol. 36 (2025): Reproductive Justice and Its Discontents: Recent Representations in American Popular Culture

Section

A Serialized Forum

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Copyright (c) 2025 Tom Zeiler

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