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Books on: "world war ii" or "world war two" OR "second world war" OR "world war 1939 1945"

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World War II in Asia and the Pacific and the War's aftermath, with General Themes: A Handbook of Literature and Research

Book by Loyd E. Lee; Greenwood Press, 1998

Subjects:

History, Modern--1945---Historiography, World War, 1939-1945--Asia, World War, 1939-1945--Historiography, World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area

Collections: History, Entire Library

A companion to World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, this volume reevaluates the most enduring literature on basic aspects of the war in Asia and the Pacific. It also covers themes pertaining to societies at war, culture, the arts, and science and technology as well as international ...
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A companion to World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, this volume reevaluates the most enduring literature on basic aspects of the war in Asia and the Pacific. It also covers themes pertaining to societies at war, culture, the arts, and science and technology as well as international relations and the postwar world. Included are not only grand strategy, military and naval campaigns, and matters of diplomacy, but also resistance, collaboration, prisoners of war, and broad topics of the "home front," including chapters on gender issues, film, literature, popular culture, and propaganda. This volume and its companion provide the first comprehensive historiographic reference work on the war.
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World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources: A Handbook of Literature and Research

Book by Loyd E. Lee, Robin Higham; Greenwood Press, 1997

Subjects:

History, Modern--1945---Historiography, World War, 1939-1945--Historiography

Collections: History, Entire Library

A broadly interdisciplinary work, this handbook discusses the best and most enduring literature related to the major topics and themes of World War II. Military historiography is treated in essays on the major theaters of military operations and the related themes of logistics and intelligence ...
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A broadly interdisciplinary work, this handbook discusses the best and most enduring literature related to the major topics and themes of World War II. Military historiography is treated in essays on the major theaters of military operations and the related themes of logistics and intelligence, while political and diplomatic history is covered in chapters on international relations, resistance movements, and collaboration. The volume analyzes themes of domestic history in essays on economic mobilization, the home fronts, and women in the military and civilian life. The book also covers the Holocaust.
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Signals Intelligence in World War II: A Research Guide

Book by Donal J. Sexton Jr.; Greenwood Press, 1996

Subjects:

Military Intelligence--History--20th Century--Bibliography, World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography--Bibliography, World War, 1939-1945--Electronic Intelligence--Bibliography

Collections: History, Entire Library

In 1974 Frederick W. Winterbotham's book The Ultra Secret disclosed the Allied success in breaking the German high command ciphers in World War II, and a new form of history began--the study of intelligence and its impact on military operations and international politics. This guide documents and ...
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In 1974 Frederick W. Winterbotham's book The Ultra Secret disclosed the Allied success in breaking the German high command ciphers in World War II, and a new form of history began--the study of intelligence and its impact on military operations and international politics. This guide documents and annotates over 800 sources that have appeared in the past 20 years. It examines and evaluates primary and secondary sources dealing with the role of ULTRA and MAGIC in the Pearl Harbor attack, the battles of the Atlantic, Coral Sea, and Midway, and the campaigns in the Mediterranean, Northwest Europe, the Middle East, and the Pacific, as well as in the realm of espionage and special operations. It also covers sources on the "Sigint" and cryptanalytic programs of the Axis and neutral powers.
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Spain during World War II

Book by Wayne H. Bowen; University of Missouri Press, 2006

Subjects:

Spain--Politics And Government--1939-1945, Spain--Social Life And Customs--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Spain

Collections: History, Entire Library

...113-14; Denis Smyth, Franco and World War Two, History Today, November 1985...Arabic. 41. Smyth, Franco and World War Two, 11; Goda, Tomorrow the World...October 2, 1940; Smyth, Franco and World War Two, 12; Hernandez-Sandoica and...
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The Other Price of Hitler's War: German Military and Civilian Losses Resulting from World War II

Book by Martin K. Sorge; Greenwood Press, 1986

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945--Casualties--Germany, World War, 1939-1945--Destruction And Pillage--Germany, World War, 1939-1945--Germany

Collections: History, Entire Library

...3. German World War II Graves 24...paid during, and subsequent to, World War II Wellner 1982, 265-277 . This...guilt and brutality in regard to World War II, thus making it difficult for the...

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Journal Articles on: "world war ii" or "world war two" OR "second world war" OR "world war 1939 1945"

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On the Afterlives of the Second World War

Journal article by Marina Mackay; CLIO, Vol. 36, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Crises of Memory and the Second World War (Book)--Book reviews, The War Complex: World War II in Our Time (Book)--Book reviews, The War in the Empty Air: Victims, Perpetrators, and Postwar Germans (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Philosophy, History, Literature, Entire Library

...286 pages. The War Complex: World War II in Our Time. By Marianna Torgovnick...Torgovnick writes in her prologue, "World War II or, more precisely, different versions...these very substantial books on "World War II in our time," to borrow Torgovnicks...
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U.S. Women on the Home Front in World War II

Journal article by Judy Barrett, David C. Smith; The Historian, Vol. 57, 1994

Subjects:

Women in war--Social aspects, Women--History, World War, 1939-1945--Women

Collections: History, Entire Library

...important missing piece to the World War II puzzle, for they offer the first...McClain expressed the hope that World War II would mark "the end of war for...demonstrate that the events of World War II had enormous and far-reaching...
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Opposition to Internment: Defending Japanese American Rights during World War II

Journal article by Robert Shaffer; The Historian, Vol. 61, 1999

Subjects:

Andrews, Emery--Conduct of life, Japanese Americans--Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, World War, 1939-1945--Social aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Rights of Japanese Americans During World War II" Radical History Review 72 (Fall...American Civil Liberties Union and World War II," Pacific Historical Review 67...in Cleveland During and After World War II" Journal of Urban History 20...
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Wacky Times: An Analysis of the WAC in World War II and Its Effects on Women

Journal article by Jennifer Nichol Stewart; International Social Science Review, 2000

Subjects:

Feminism--History, Women in war--Social aspects, Women military personnel--History, World War, 1939-1945--Women

Collections: Entire Library

...when examining events such as World War II with expectations born of its...estimated "350,000 women served in World War II with a peak strength of 271,000...female soldiers were an oddity in World War II then black female soldiers were...
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World War II: Reverberations

Journal article by Mona Hadler, Joan Marter; Art Journal, Vol. 53, 1994

Subjects:

Artists--Works, World War, 1939-1945--Portrayals, depictions, etc.

Collections: Entire Library

...grapple with issues pertaining to World War II. To avoid being arbitrarily limited...several monuments to the victims of World War II. He poured fuel into body cavities...quotation from a poem written during World War II by Krzysztof Kamil Baczynski but...

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Magazine Articles on: "world war ii" or "world war two" OR "second world war" OR "world war 1939 1945"

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The Second World War

Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 53, May 2003

Subjects:

A Rescuer's Story: Pastor Pierre-Charles Toureille in Vichy France (Book)--Book reviews, An Eyewitness History of World War II (Book)--Book reviews, Book reviews, Books--Book reviews, Dad's War (Book)--Book reviews, Hitler and Churchill: Secrets of Leadership (Book)--Book reviews, Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaeda (Book)--Book reviews, Nazis In Newark (Book)--Book reviews, Not the Slightest Chance: The Defence of Hong Kong (Book)--Book reviews, The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany (Book), The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany 1941-1945 (Book)--Book reviews, The Dambusters (Book)--Book reviews, The Fall of Hong Kong: Britain, China and the Japanese Occupation (Book)--Book reviews, The First Heroes (Book)--Book reviews, The Origins of World War Two: The Debate Continues (Book)--Book reviews, Women in the Third Reich (Book)--Book reviews, n Underworld at War: Spivs, Deserters, Racketeers and Civilians in the Second World War (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...countries involved in the start of the conflict. Focusing on the experience of Americans, An Eyewitness History of World War II by Carl J. Schneider Dorothy Schneider (Facts on File Inc, 16.95 pounds sterling) provides a firsthand account of the...
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USA 50th Anniversary of World War II Commemoration Committee

Magazine article by Phyllis E. Phipps-Barnes; Negro History Bulletin, Vol. 51, December 1993

Subjects:

African Americans--History, World War, 1939-1945--Study and teaching

Collections: History, Entire Library

...little Americans today know about World War II. In 1985, after the 40th anniversary...Americans had no knowledge of World War II. Sixty percent of todays population...after the 45th anniversary of World War II, a special education edition of...
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Africans and World War II: An Annotated Bibliography

Magazine article by Janet Sims-Woods; Negro History Bulletin, Vol. 51, December 1993

Subjects:

African American soldiers--Bibliography, African Americans--Bibliography, World War, 1939-1945--Bibliography

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Afro-American And The Second World War. N.Y.: Holmes Meier Publishers, 1976, 183p. Looks at the role of African Americans in World War II and the social changes the war helped create. Wynn describes how the March On Washington Movement brought changes in...
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World War II Wild Card

Magazine article by John Meroney; The American Enterprise, Vol. 10, January 1999

Subjects:

Duty--Moral and ethical aspects, Motion pictures--Plots, themes, etc., Sacrifice--Moral and ethical aspects, World War, 1939-1945--Media coverage

Collections: Entire Library

World War II Wild Card. by John Meroney Hollywoods fascination with the...told me that while it will surely depart from the heroic portrayals of World War II servicemen in such films as Sands of Iwo Jima and Saving Private Ryan...
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Leadership in a Time of Crisis: As the World Now Faces the Terrorist Threat, Scholars Examine the Leadership Skills That Winston Churchill Used to Help Sustain the Allies during World War II

Magazine article by Stephen Goode; Insight on the News, Vol. 17, December 3, 2001

Subjects:

Churchill, Winston--Conduct of life, Politicians--Conduct of life, Prime ministers--Conduct of life, World War, 1939-1945--Political aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...of Churchills leadership during World War II. The experts discussed their own...top 15 Amazon.com best-sellers on World War II are the abridged version of Churchills...bureaucracy was at the time of World War II, especially compared with the scale...

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Newspaper Articles on: "world war ii" or "world war two" OR "second world war" OR "world war 1939 1945"

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We Must Never Forget the Horrors; When Hitler Took Power in Germany in 1933, There Were Nine Million Jews in Europe. by the End of the Second World War, Two-Thirds of the Population Had Been Exterminated. as Holocaust Memorial Day Approaches Tomorrow, ROB PATTINSON Looks at Why It Is Important Not to Forget the Atrocities

Newspaper article; Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England), January 26, 2008

Subjects:

Concentration camps

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Million Jews in Europe. by the End of the Second World War, Two-Thirds of the Population Had Been Exterminated. as...youngsters. Her Jewish parents fled Poland before the Second World War broke out. Tomorrow, remembrance services will be...
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A New Homecoming for Vets: Hundreds Enjoy Re-enacting Return from World War II

Newspaper article by Gerald Mizejewski; The Washington Times, November 14, 1999

Subjects:

Liberty, World War, 1939-1945

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Hundreds enjoy re-enacting return from World War II by Gerald Mizejewski BALTIMORE...filed down the gangplank of the vintage World War II ship as teen-agers from a high school...in Maryland. He explained that after World War II, soldiers returning from foreign wars...
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Senate Puts Mall's World War II Memorial on the Fast Track

Newspaper article by Daniel F. Drummond; The Washington Times, May 17, 2001

Subjects:

United States. National Capital Planning Commission, World War, 1939-1945

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Senate puts Malls World War II memorial on the fast track...up construction of the National World War II Memorial - a day after the lower...lot of senators have heard from World War II veterans from across the country...
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Why Can't We Have Our World War II History without Politics

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 5, 1996

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Why cant we have our World War II history without politics...and the weapons they used during World War II, (including the "offensive" P-39...apologize for our actions during World War II. How conveniently these historical...
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Frank Butters, 80, World War II Aviator

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 14, 1996

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Frank Butters, 80, World War II aviator Frank Butters, 80, a retired Navy commander, aviator and World War II aircraft carrier signal officer...signal officers in the East during World War II," said his wife of 55 years, June...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: "world war ii" or "world war two" OR "second world war" OR "world war 1939 1945"

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World War II

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...a vast amount of literature on World War II, particularly official publications...Buchanan, The United States and World War II (1964); A. Bullock, Hitler: A...ed., The Oxford Companion to World War II (1995); S. Hynes et al., ed...
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Fuller, John Frederick Charles

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosoph