when was World War II?

[Bob Sheridan]

Phillip Bobbitt's volume,  "Shield of Achilles," places WWII as a subset 
along a continuum of conflicts that go waay back, and forward, the 
nature of war changing with the societies and long-range underlying 
conflicts that produce the immediate violent crisis. 

Supeme court doctrine refuses to answer the specific begin-/end- date 
problem by leaving same to the political branches, as I recall, thinking 
of a postwar rent control measure upheld.

rs

Mary L. Dudziak wrote:
> For an essay that questions/criticizes the way the concept of "wartime"
> has been used in works on rights and war in the 20th C, I would be
> interested in any curious examples of the ways World War II is periodized.
> The answer(s) to the question "when was World War II?" may seem
> obvious (1941-45 for the US would be one answer, 1939-45 for Europe
> would be another, but there are arguments against these beginning points).
> Scholars who argue that World War II had an impact on rights seem to be
> all over the map regarding what they identify as the "wartime" that impacted
> rights. There is slipperyness not only in when the war-related impact
> began (Pearl Harbor?  1940?), but also about end points, with much
> slipping into the early and even middle years of the Cold War, but all
> wrapped up in one "war" era.  Right now I'm just trying to come up with
> examples of the ways folks who write about rights and World War II
> identify the starting and ending points of World War II.  And I
> wonder whether there are disciplinary differences between history,
> poli sci & law.  Off-list replies would be great.  Many thanks,
> Mary Dudziak
> mdudziak at law.usc.edu
> mdudziak at law.harvard.edu
> (HLS email is best to use through 6/06)
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