San Francisco, Los Angeles, Oakland, and San Diego
Author: Roger W. Lotchin
ISBN: 9780253215468
"Riders were very appropriate to a western war, but these horsemen could not have been more different. One group patrolled the oceanfront of 'The City' after dark. While the residents of the nearby Sunset District and Seacliff huddled around the radios in their living rooms, curtains pulled and blinds lowered, listening to war news or to 'One Man's Family,' other residents rode the beaches. Mounted on their own ponies, the men of the San Francisco Polo Club labored through the sands of China Beach, Baker Beach, and the Ten Mile Beach, looking for Imperial Japanese intruders." --from the book In the mythology of the West, the city was seen as a place of danger and corruption, but the "bad" city proved its mettle during the "Good War." In this book, Roger W. Lotchin has written the first comprehensive study of California's urban home front. United by fear of totalitarianism, the diverse population of California's cities came together to protect their homes and to aid in the war effort. W
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publish Date: 2003
Subjects: History / Military / World War II, History / United States / 20th Century, History / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY), Political Science / Public Policy / Regional Planning
This book is available in the following Community Centers: Cross-Cultural Center (Location: Urban Studies & Class (URBN))