Analysis Of A Nation Forged In War By Thomas Bruscino

Thomas Bruscino is an author the book “A Nation Forged in War,” where he discusses the events America faced and went through during a time where Americans were prejudice towards another’s religion, race, and ethnicity. The united states were a divided place with no hope to change until the U.S. was brought to war in the early 1940s. but how did Americans come to tolerate others religion, race, and ethnicity? Bruscino answers the question in 7 sections of his book. He writes how Americans would not vote for a president based on his religion, how your religion and origin would affect the way you got a job of into a school. How soldiers left America to find a new world without intolerance and prejudice. How the soldiers came to love one another
He writes that millions of men flock to join the war, but some joined through the selective services. Burcscino brings to light how some people question the war and its intentions. “is this really my war? For whose benefit do I suffer?... for whom or what are we wasting our lives and bodies?” one man said regarding the war. Regardless “they came by the millions-men and boys married and unmarried, fathers and the childless.” Brucscinow writes that the when entering the war the men has to receive examination from a doctor and regarding our race or religion that didn’t matter the doctor everyone was subject to them. This in a way bonded and brought the soldiers together wen being stripped of their clothing and standing naked next to one another didn’t matter that you were different from each other you were all subjected to the same treatment. Everyone was subjected to the same living conditions as everyone else. There were no doors on the showers, communal areas, and bedrooms everything you did was seen by solider in their infantries. The men also received the same haircuts and clothing to make them all look and feel the same. with the huge diversity in the war the men had really no choice but to get along with one another and form a bond regardless of their background. They gave each other nicknames, made fun of their origin in all good fun and able to put their intolerance behind them. Bruscino states that in some infantries black and white soldiers were segregated this just brought them a step back. But most of the men continued to get along. the war was boring time for them since some never even went into battle. A lot of the men spend their times board. There was little of nothing to do. In fact, Brucscino wrote that “most of the soldiers in the service forces never heard a shot fired in anger.” With the down time they had many started to read more and the ones who were illiterate