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The Best War Ever
''The Best War Ever: America and World War II'' is a book written by Dr. Michael C. C. Adams (professor of history at Northern Kentucky University) which is a popular textbook in American history courses at many colleges and universities. The book was and first published by the Johns Hopkins University press in 1993 as part of its "American Moment" series, edited by University of Wisconsin–Madison history professor Stanley I. Kutler.〔http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title_pages/2498.html〕 In a 2004 survey of American college history instructors, the book was voted #2 in the "most likely to plagiarize" category, finishing just behind ''Amusing the Million'' by John Kasson.
==Main thesis and arguments==
Adams argues that the historical memory of America's involvement in World War II has been sanitized and replaced by a common set of misconceptions that borders on folklore. Adams specifically cites Television programs and motion pictures that have popularized the war as a morally just, popularly-supported conflict in which the Allies became the heroes and the Axis Powers, most notably the Nazis and the Japanese, became villains. In this trope, all returning servicemen came back well-adjusted and suffered no mental illness, racial tensions did not exist, and all American soldiers fought with valor and honor. Adams contrasts the idea of the "Best War Ever" with the mythology surrounding the Vietnam War and concludes that the juxtaposition of these two military engagements and their striking differences help reinforce the popular notions surrounding World War II.
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