{"product_id":"defining-the-peace-world-war-ii-veterans-race-and-the-remaking-of-southern-political-tradition-9780807855782","title":"Defining the Peace: World War II Veterans  Race  and the Remaking of Southern Political Tradition","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the aftermath of World War II  Georgias veterans  black  white  liberal  reactionary  pro-union  and anti-union  all found that service in the war enhanced their sense of male  political  and racial identity  but often in contradictory ways. In Defining the Peace  Jennifer E. Brooks shows how veterans competed in a protracted and sometimes violent struggle to determine the complex character of Georgias postwar future.  Brooks finds that veterans shaped the key events of the era  including the gubernatorial campaigns of both Eugene Talmadge and Herman Talmadge  the defeat of entrenched political machines in Augusta and Savannah  the terrorism perpetrated against black citizens  the CIOs drive to organize the textile South  and the controversies that dominated the 1947 Georgia General Assembly. Progressive black and white veterans forged new grassroots networks to mobilize voters against racial and economic conservatives who opposed their vision of a democratic South. Most white veterans  however  opted to support candidates who favored a conservative program of modernization that aimed to alter the states economic landscape while sustaining its anti-union and racial traditions.  As Brooks demonstrates  World War II veterans played a pivotal role in shaping the wars political impact on the South  generating a politics of race  anti-unionism  and modernization that stood as the wars most lasting political legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646999879733,"sku":"ByrdShop_0807855782","price":22.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780807855782.jpg?v=1781684938","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/defining-the-peace-world-war-ii-veterans-race-and-the-remaking-of-southern-political-tradition-9780807855782","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}