{"product_id":"2940170208159","title":"Victory City: A History of New York and New Yorkers during World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom John Strausbaugh, author of \u003ci\u003eCity of Sedition \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Village\u003c\/i\u003e, comes the definitive history of Gotham during the World War II era. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew York City during World War II wasn't just a place of servicemen, politicians, heroes, G.I. Joes and Rosie the Riveters, but also of quislings and saboteurs; of Nazi, Fascist, and Communist sympathizers; of war protesters and conscientious objectors; of gangsters and hookers and profiteers; of latchkey kids and bobby-soxers, poets and painters, atomic scientists and atomic spies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the war launched and leveled nations, spurred economic growth, and saw the rise and fall of global Fascism, New York City would eventually emerge as the new capital of the world. From the Gilded Age to VJ-Day, an array of fascinating New Yorkers rose to fame, from Mayor Fiorello La Guardia to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Langston Hughes to Joe Louis, to Robert Moses and Joe DiMaggio.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn VICTORY CITY, John Strausbaugh returns to tell the story of New York City's war years with the same richness, depth, and nuance he brought to his previous books, \u003ci\u003eCity of Sedition\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Village\u003c\/i\u003e, providing readers with a groundbreaking new look into the greatest city on earth during the most transformative amp;mdash; and costliest amp;mdash; war in human history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117135544560,"sku":"2940170208159","price":25.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170208159_p0.jpg?v=1763704940","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170208159","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}