The songs that fought the war, popular music and the home front, 1939-1945, John Bush Jones
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The songs that fought the war, popular music and the home front, 1939-1945, John Bush Jones
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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index present
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non fiction
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The songs that fought the war
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bibliography
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69028073
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John Bush Jones
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popular music and the home front, 1939-1945
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"When this crazy world is sane again" : the setting for the songs -- "I hear America singing" : but who wrote all those songs? -- "Over here" : prewar isolationism, patriotism, and preparedness -- "Chin up! cheerio! carry on!" : the allies and us -- "G.I. jive" : the draft, enlistment, and army life -- "Johnny, get your gun again" : from national pride to axis-bashing -- "There's an F.D.R. in freedom" : the war's faces and places -- "In the army, in the navy, in the marines" : saluting the services -- "Don't forget there's a war going on" : pitching in and coping on the home front -- "Arm in arm" : wartime romance -- "A boy in khaki, a girl in lace" : the servicemen away, their girls back home -- "It's been a long, long time" : victory, homecomings, and the world after the war
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