World War II transformed Cincinnati from a relatively important but
parochial midwestern city into a teeming bastion of military might.
While thousands served in the nation's armed forces, others contributed
to rationing programs, salvage drives, blackouts and war bond rallies.
Scores of community-based programs blossomed as Cincinnatians on the
home front threw themselves wholeheartedly into the total war that
Washington believed necessary for victory. After answering the call to
treat domestic duty as seriously as any battleground assignment, the
Queen City emerged from the war as utterly changed as the nation itself.
Author Robert Miller brings to life this dramatic, patriotic period in
Cincinnati's history.