Long Day's Journey into Night | Compare and Contrast
1910s: World War I begins in the summer of 1914, with the United States joining the allies against Germany in 1917.
1940s and 50s: O'Neill finishes Long Day's Journey into Night prior to America's entry into World War II on December 7, 1941. The Cold War with the Soviet bloc flares into open combat in Korea, a "police action" ending with an armistice agreement signed on July 27, 1953, four months before O'Neill dies. In 1956 the Soviet Union cracks down on dissidents in Poland and Hungary; that same year Long Day's Journey into Night wins O'Neill,...
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