Details the impact of World War II on American Indian life, arguing that the war had a more profound and lasting effect on the course of Indian affairs in the twentieth century than any other single event or period, and assessing its consequences for American Indians and whites.

Indian Affairs on the Eve of the War -- Indians and the Draft -- The "Chiefs" Go to War -- The Indian Home Front. A Study in Changes -- The BIA Under Altack: An Agency in Search of a Function -- Indians Enter the Political Mainstream -- Postwar Uncertainties: The Warriors and War Workers Return -- The War's Aftermath: Turning American Indians into Indian Americans.

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