Summary of Elizabeth D. Samet's Looking for the Good War

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The most enduring and tenacious iteration of America’s World War II myth is the decription that the United States went to war to liberate the world from fascism and tyranny. #2 The first tenet of American exceptionalism, which claims that the consequences of our intervention are equivalent to the causes we fight for, ignores the timing and proximate catalyst of our entry into the war. #3 The sixth and final te