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Book SynopsisThe Classic Account of the Battle of Britain

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Book SynopsisFollow the conflict of the Second World War from 1939 to 1945 in this unique volume, published in association with Imperial War Museums, London, featuring historical maps and photographs from their archives, and fascinating commentary from an expert historian.Trade Review‘Beautifully produced book that will interest military historians and map lovers alike’ - Who Do You Think You Are magazine ‘Expert commentary and a fresh perspective on the events of the war’ - Family Tree Magazine ‘Mapping the Second World War draws on the remarkable maps of IWM’s unparalleled archive to offer a new perspective on the conflict’s key moments’ - Antiques Diary

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Book SynopsisThe Hurricane served in every theatre during the Second World War as a fighter, night fighter, ground attack aircraft and even on board ship guarding vital convoys. This book offers first-hand accounts of these gallant pilots form not only a history of the aircraft, but also a tribute to the many friends they lost in combat.

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Book SynopsisA concise history of the Second World War. Table of ContentsOperation 'Husky': Invasion of Sicily • Italy: Invasion and Surrender • Operation 'Cartwheel': War for New Guinea • Island Hopping in the Pacific: Gilbert and Marshall Islands • The Battle for Monte Cassino • D-Day • Battle for Normandy • The V-weapons Campaign • The Marianas: Defence to the Death • Operation 'Bagration' • Breakout: Operation 'Cobra' • The end of Vichy France: Operation 'Dragoon' • The Liberation of Paris • Operation 'Market Garden' • The Recapture of the Philippines • The Battle of the Bulge • Soviet Advance on Germany: Vistula-Oder Operation • Iwo Jima • The Fire-bombing of Tokyo • The Western Advance in Germany: From the Rhine to the Elbe • Okinawa • Liberation of the Camps • Victory in Burma • Battle for Berlin • Victory in Italy • The German Surrender • The Atomic Bombs • The Japanese Surrender.

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Book SynopsisThis is the book that answers the question: Could Germany have won World War Two?

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Book SynopsisThe battle of Saipan lasted twenty-five hellish days in the summer of 1944, and the stakes couldn''t have been higher. If Japan lost possession of the island, all hope for victory would be lost. For the Americans, the island was the only obstacle between them and the Japanese mainland. The outcome of the war in the Pacific was in the balance.Their Backs against the Sea fuses fresh interviews, oral histories, and unpublished accounts into a fast-paced narrative of the Battle of Saipan. Combining grunt''s-view grit with big-picture panorama (and one of the ugliest inter-service controversies of the war), this is the definitive dramatic story of one of the war''s toughest and most overlooked battles- and an inspiring chronicle of some of the greatest acts of valor in American military history.

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Book SynopsisThey marched under the heat with 40-pound rucksacks on their backs. They fired M16s out of the windows of military vehicles, defending their units in deadly firefights. And they did things that their male counterparts could never do--gather intelligence on the Taliban from the women of Afghanistan. As females they could circumvent Muslim traditions and cultivate relationships with Afghan women who were bound by tradition not to speak with American military men. And their work in local villages helped empower Afghan women, providing them with the education and financial tools necessary to rebuild their nation--and the courage to push back against the insurgency that wanted to destroy it. For the women warriors of the military''s Female Engagement Teams (FET) it was dangerous, courageous, and sometimes heartbreaking work.Beyond the Call follows the groundbreaking journeys of three women as they first fight military brass and culture and then enemy fire and tradition.

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Book SynopsisThe vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experienced—and helped to win—the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost.Focusing on the citizens of four towns— Luverne, Minnesota; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama;—The War follows more than forty people from 1941 to 1945. Woven largely from their memories, the compelling, unflinching narrative unfolds month by bloody month, with the outcome always in doubt. All the iconic events are here, from Pearl Harbor to the liberation of the concentration camps—but we also move among prisoners of war and Japanese American internees, defense workers and schoolchildren, and families who struggled simply to stay together while their men were shipped off to Europe, the Pacific, and North Africa.Enriched by maps and hundreds of photograph

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Book SynopsisFew of the major campaigns of World War II aroused as much controversy as the War in North Africa, 1940-1943. This book opens with seven historiographical essays that evaluate and critically assess the major contributions to the literature on the War in North Africa.Table of ContentsPreface Narrative and Historiographical Survey Historical Background Sources for Research on the War in North Africa The Desert War, 1940-1942 The Axis Powers in North Africa Montgomery, Alam Halfa, and El Alamein Torch: The Landings in French North Africa The Tunisian Campaign Future Research Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFinancial Times?s Summer books "Raghavan?s panoramic and richly detailed book deserves the accolades that it is receiving as the most comprehensive account of the subcontinent?s experiences in the second world war. A historian at King?s College London, Raghavan unearths much new detail and displays a masterful grasp of wartime diplomacy and economics." Washington Times "A highly readable account of one of the more complex -- and ignored -- phase of World War II." Library Journal "Raghavan has written what will probably become the standard account of India?s involvement in World War II." Publishers Weekly "India's War provides a much-needed window into the wartime experiences of ordinary Indians. As imperial subjects fighting Nazi tyranny, yet denied freedom themselves, the subalterns of the Indian Army found themselves caught between sovereignty and liberty in unknown lands. In making these forgotten voices heard, Raghavan succeeds admirably." Open Magazine (India) "[Raghavan] is unarguably our finest military historian. Like the best in the genre, he turns the battlefields of the past into pages where we read the backstories of our political existence-- and makes history intimate and immediate." Wall Street Journal "[A]s Mr. Raghavan?s fascinating account of the geopolitics of the war makes clear, there is more at stake in the history of India in World War II than 'rounding out? the story... The history [Raghavan] writes is inspired by the search for a wider horizon for India as a regional superpower beyond the confining frame bequeathed by World War II and the ragged end of British Empire in Asia. It is all the more important and urgent for that." Economist "Raghavan usefully supplies the facts, in charts, figures, maps and details of military operations... He also gives thorough, fascinating and revealing accounts of the economic transformations." Financial Times "A panoramic work, spanning the deliberations of the highest Allied councils of war to the febrile mood on the streets of Kolkata, formerly Calcutta, in the shadow of the Japanese advance... Raghavan?s splendid history is a reminder not just of India?s historic contribution to the defeat of fascism, but also its geopolitical potential throughout the Indo-Pacific." Kirkus Reviews "World War II was a crucible that forged the modern identities of South Asian nations in ways rarely acknowledged since... India's War illuminates that period." Booklist "An illuminating political, sociological, and historical study of India?s role in WWII. Raghavan expertly fills a gap in twentieth-century history and geopolitical collections." Spectator (UK) "Absorbing and important... this rational and detailed book should start a debate." Independent (UK) "Ambitious... Raghavan's study fulfills his mission in presenting readers with intertwined narratives of military campaigns, international strategies, and the rise of the freedom struggle that was to determine the future of the subcontinent." New Indian ExpressTable of Contents1. Politics of War 2. Defence of India 3. Competing Offers 4. Mobilizing India 5. Into Africa 6. The Oil Campaigns 7. Fox Hunting 8. Collapsing Dominoes 9. Coils of War 10. Declarations for India 11. Rumour and Revolt 12. Indian National Armies 13. Allies at War 14. War Economy 15. Around the Mediterranean 16. Preparation 17. Back to Burma 18. Post-war Epilogue: Last Post

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Book SynopsisThe horrors of the Nazi regime and the Holocaust still present some of the most disturbing questions in modern history: Why did Hitler''s party appeal to millions of Germans, and how entrenched was anti-Semitism among the population? How could anyone claim, after the war, that the genocide of Europe''s Jews was a secret? Did ordinary non-Jewish Germans live in fear of the Nazi state? In this unprecedented firsthand analysis of daily life as experienced in the Third Reich, What We Knew offers answers to these most important questions. Combining the expertise of Eric A. Johnson, an American historian, and Karl-Heinz Reuband, a German sociologist, What We Knew is the most startling oral history yet of everyday life in theThird Reich.

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Book SynopsisThe Battle for Milne Bay - Japan''s first defeat on land in the Second World War - was a defining moment in the evolution of the indomitable Australian fighting spirit. For the men of the AIF, the militia and the RAAF, it was the turning point in the Pacific, and their finest - though now largely forgotten - hour. Forgotten, until now.In August 1942, Japan''s forces were unstoppable. Having conquered vast swathes of south-east Asia - Malaya, Singapore, the Dutch East Indies - and now invading New Guinea, many feared the Empire of the Rising Sun stood poised to knock down Australia''s northern door.But first they needed Port Moresby. In the still of an August night, Japanese marines sailed quietly into Milne Bay, a long, malaria-ridden dead end at the far eastern tip of Papua, to unleash an audacious pincer movement. Unbeknown to them, however, a secret airstrip had been carved out of a coconut plantation by US Engineers, and a garrison of Australian troops had been established, supported by two locally based squadrons of RAAF Kittyhawks, including the men of the famed 75 Squadron. The scene was set for one of the most decisive and vicious battles of the war.For ten days and nights Australia''s soldiers and airmen fought the elite of Japan''s forces along a sodden jungle track, and forced them back step by muddy, bloody step.In Turning Point, bestselling author Michael Veitch brings to life the incredible exploits and tragic sacrifices of these Australian heroes.Trade ReviewVeitch has done a wonderful job . . . a fast-paced and thrilling tale * Daily Telegraph on Michael Veitch's Barney Greatrex *Veitch has done a wonderful job . . . a fast-paced and thrilling tale * Daily Telegraph on Michael Veitch's Barney Greatrex *should be part of Australian military folklore * Adelaide Advertiser on Michael Veitch's 44 Days *should be part of Australian military folklore * Adelaide Advertiser on Michael Veitch's 44 Days *fascinating . . . Veitch brings the story vividly to life * Sydney Morning Herald on Michael Veitch's Barney Greatrex *fascinating . . . Veitch brings the story vividly to life * Sydney Morning Herald on Michael Veitch's Barney Greatrex *

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Book SynopsisThis is the first study of the aims that motivated the major powers - the United States, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Germany and Japan - to fight in the Second World War. The book shows, in a way that has not previously been attempted, how some war aims were constants that were unlikely to be abandoned except as a result of total defeat while others arose and sometimes declined as a result of the fortunes of war. Fresh light is shed on the wartime transition of the United States and the Soviet Union to superpower status, while the author shows that consistency is most evident in Great Britain, content with the international prewar status quo, and Nazi Germany, intent from the first on destroying it and replacing it with a new order in which all liberal and civilised values would be annihilated.Based largely on published sources, including published documentary material, the aim is to ensure accessibility for a range of readers. The level at which it is pitched, the synthesis of a broad range oTrade ReviewIn this thoughtful analysis Rothwell provides a concise summary of the key belligerents' war aims, something that few other monographs have done ! War Aims is a well written work, based on extensive and thorough grounding in the profuse secondary literature, and is highly recommended. An excellent idea! I know of no single-volume study on the topic. -- Dr David Reynolds, Cambridge Carefully thought-out and well-constructed! I am familiar with Dr Rothwell's work, above all his book on war aims during the First World War, and it is this book that inspires confidence for a similar one on the Second World War. -- Professor Roger Louis, University of Texas War Aims id a well written work, based on extensive and thorough grounding in the profuse secondary literature, and is highly recommended. -- Russell A. Hart, Hawai'i Pacific University The Journal of Military History Both books can be read profitably by any and all students and scholars interested in the unfolding of the Second World War. Each author, in short, can take justifiable pride in his work. -- S. P. Mackenzie, University of South Carolina European History Quarterly In this thoughtful analysis Rothwell provides a concise summary of the key belligerents' war aims, something that few other monographs have done ! War Aims is a well written work, based on extensive and thorough grounding in the profuse secondary literature, and is highly recommended. An excellent idea! I know of no single-volume study on the topic. Carefully thought-out and well-constructed! I am familiar with Dr Rothwell's work, above all his book on war aims during the First World War, and it is this book that inspires confidence for a similar one on the Second World War. War Aims id a well written work, based on extensive and thorough grounding in the profuse secondary literature, and is highly recommended. Both books can be read profitably by any and all students and scholars interested in the unfolding of the Second World War. Each author, in short, can take justifiable pride in his work.Table of ContentsMaps; German war aims map; American war aims map; Soviet war aims map; Japanese war aims map; 1. War aims in modern history; 2. Germany and Italy; 3. Britain and France; 4. The United States; 5. The Soviet Union; 6. Japan and the Grand Allies in East Asia; 7. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe first anthology to address the relationship between the events of the Nazi genocide and the intellectual concerns of contemporary literary and cultural theory in one substantial and indispensable volume.Trade ReviewA highly intelligent collection of writings ! While some of the pieces have already been published elsewhere their juxtaposition [!] gives them renewed power and provocativeness. This anthology is a source of information, argument and debate that will sustain readers and students of the subject for years to come. An extremely impressive, wide-ranging and timely reader, and an outstanding resource for teaching and studying the Holocaust. -- Dr Robert Eaglestone, Deputy Director, Research Centre for the Holocaust and Twentieth Century History, Royal Holloway, University of London A truly excellent selection of responses to the Holocaust ! exceptional in its ability to conjoin efforts at historical analysis with broader critical and theoretical issues. -- Dominick LaCapra, Cornell University A highly intelligent collection of writings ! While some of the pieces have already been published elsewhere their juxtaposition [!] gives them renewed power and provocativeness. This anthology is a source of information, argument and debate that will sustain readers and students of the subject for years to come. An extremely impressive, wide-ranging and timely reader, and an outstanding resource for teaching and studying the Holocaust. A truly excellent selection of responses to the Holocaust ! exceptional in its ability to conjoin efforts at historical analysis with broader critical and theoretical issues.Table of ContentsThe Holocaust: Theoretical Readings; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; About this Book; Neil Levi and Michael Rothberg, General Introduction: Theory and the Holocaust; I. Theory and Experience; 1. Primo Levi, The Drowned and the Saved; 2. Jean Amery, Resentments; 3. Charlotte Delbo, Days and Memory; 4. Ruth Kluger, The Camps; II. Historicizing the Holocaust?; 5. Jurgen Habermas, On the Public Use of History; 6. Saul Friedlander, The 'Final Solution': On the Unease in Historical Representation; 7. Dan Diner, Historical Understanding and Counterrationality: The Judenrat as Epistemological Vantage; 8. Zygmunt Bauman, The Uniqueness and Normality of the Holocaust; 9. Omer Bartov, The European Imagination in the Age of Total War; 10. Henry Friedlander, The Origins of Nazi Genocide; III. Nazi Culture, Fascism, and Antisemitism; 11. Kenneth Burke, The Rhetoric of Hitler's 'Battle'; 12. Georges Bataille, The Psychological Structure of Fascism; 13. Max Horkheimer and Theodor W. Adorno, Elements of Antisemitism; 14. Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, The Fiction of the Political; 15. Moishe Postone, Anti-Semitism and National Socialism; 16. Christopher Browning, Ordinary Men; IV. Race, Gender, and Genocide; 17. Klaus Theweleit, Floods, Bodies, History 18. Gisela Bock, Racism and Sexism in Nazi Germany; 19. Joan Ringelheim, The Unethical and the Unspeakable: Women and the Holocaust; 20. Pascale Rachel Bos, Women and the Holocaust: Analyzing Gender Difference; V. Psychoanalysis, Trauma, and Memory; 21. Cathy Caruth, Trauma and Experience; 22. Dominick LaCapra, Trauma, Absence, Loss; 23. Saul Friedlander, Trauma and Transference; 24. Eric Santner, History Beyond the Pleasure Principle: Some Thoughts on the Representation of Trauma; 25. Dori Laub, Bearing Witness or the Vicissitudes of Listening; VI. Questions of Religion, Ethics, and Justice; 26. Arthur A. Cohen, Thinking the Tremendum; 27. Emil L. Fackenheim, To Mend the World; 28. Emmanuel Levinas, Ethics and Spirit; 29. Hannah Arendt, Eichmann in Jerusalem; 30. Giorgio Agamben, What is a Camp?; 31. Jean-Francois Lyotard, The Differend; 32. Gillian Rose, New Political Theology: Out of Holocaust and Liberation; VII. Literature and Culture after Auschwitz; 33. Walter Benjamin, Theses on the Philosophy of History; 34. Theodor W. Adorno, Cultural Criticism and Society; 35. Theodor W. Adorno, Meditations on Metaphysics; 36. Irving Howe, Writing and the Holocaust; 37. Sigrid Weigel, Non-Philosophical Amazement/Writing in Amazement: Benjamin's Position in the Aftermath of the Holocaust; 38. Maurice Blanchot, The Writing of the Disaster; 39. Jacques Derrida, Schibboleth; 40. Geoffrey Hartman, Language and Culture after the Holocaust; 41. Sidra Dekoven Ezrahi, Representing Auschwitz; VIII. Modes of Narration; 42. Berel Lang, The Moral Space of Figurative Discourse; 43. James E. Young, Writing the Holocaust; 44. Hayden White, The Modernist Event; 45. Michael A. Bernstein, Against Foreshadowing; 46. Lawrence L. Langer, Deep Memory: The Buried Self; 47. Shoshana Felman, The Return of the Voice: Claude Lanzmann's Shoah; IX. Rethinking Visual Culture; 48. Saul Friedlander, Reflections of Nazism; 49. Jean Baudrillard, Holocaust; 50. Andreas Huyssen, Anselm Kiefer: the Terror of History, the Temptation of Myth; 51. Gertrud Koch, The Aesthetic Transformation of the Image of the Unimaginable: Notes on Claude Lanzmann's Shoah; 52. Lilliane Weissberg, In Plain Sight; X. Latecomers: Negative Symbiosis, Postmemory, and Countermemory; 53. Henri Raczymov, Memory Shot Through with Holes; 54. Marianne Hirsch, Mourning and Postmemory; 55. Dan Diner, Negative Symbiosis: Germans and Jews after Auschwitz; 56. James E. Young, The Countermonument: Memory Against Itself in Germany; XI. Uniqueness, Comparison, and the Politics of Memory; 57. Alan Milchman and Alan Rosenberg, Two Kinds of Uniqueness: The Universal Aspects of the Holocaust; 58. Yehuda Bauer, What Was the Holocaust?; 59. Paul Gilroy, The Black Atlantic; 60. Mahmood Mamdani, Thinking about Genocide; 61. Lilian Friedberg, Dare to Compare: Americanizing the Holocaust; 62. Peter Novick, The Holocaust in American Life; Index.

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Book SynopsisBased upon original research in archives in Ireland, Great Britain, the United States and Canada, this study opens a new page in the history of wartime propaganda and censorshipTrade ReviewNow, for the first time, a detailed and high-quality examination of American and British anti-neutrality propaganda finally exists. Robert Cole's ably written and informative monograph will become a staple reference work for all engaged in researching Irish neutrality during World War II. 'Now, for the first time, a detailed and high-quality examination of American and British anti-neutrality propaganda finally exists. Robert Cole's ably written and informative monograph will become a staple reference work for all engaged in researching Irish neutrality during World War II.' American Historical Review A vital study of propaganda and censorship in the age of mass communications from which historians of several genres will undoutedly profit. -- Mervyn O'Driscoll, University College Cork American Historical Review Now, for the first time, a detailed and high-quality examination of American and British anti-neutrality propaganda finally exists. Robert Cole's ably written and informative monograph will become a staple reference work for all engaged in researching Irish neutrality during World War II. 'Now, for the first time, a detailed and high-quality examination of American and British anti-neutrality propaganda finally exists. Robert Cole's ably written and informative monograph will become a staple reference work for all engaged in researching Irish neutrality during World War II.' American Historical Review A vital study of propaganda and censorship in the age of mass communications from which historians of several genres will undoutedly profit.Table of Contents1. Setting the Stage: April 1937-August 1939; 2. In Dublin's Bright City: September 1939-1940; 3. The Hazards of Neutrality: June-December 1940; 4. More Than Ever 'Ourselves Alone': January-June 1940; 5. From 'Operation Barbarossa' to Pearl Harbor: June-December 1941; 6. Here Come the Yanks!: January-December 1942; 7. Now We Have Won the War!: January-December 1942; 8. Turning the Tide: January-December 1943; 9. Eamon Who?: January 1944-April 1945; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis series is intended both to open up new approaches to the history of the Second World War and to re-assess established themes. Covering the civilian as well as the military aspects of the conflict, the series examines how societies waged war between 1939 and 1945, and the effects of war upon them.For Britain the Second World War exists in popular memory as a time of heroic sacrifice, survival and ultimate victory over Fascism. In the Irish state the years 1939-45 are still remembered simply as `the Emergency''. Eire was one of many small states which in 1939 chose not to stay out of the war but one of the few able to maintain its non-belligerency as a policy.How much this owed to Britain''s military resolve or to the political skills of Eamon de Valera is a key question which this new book explores. It also examines the tensions Eire''s policy created in its relations with Winston Churchill and with the United States. The author also explores propaganda, censorship and Irish state security and the degree to which it involves secret co-operation with Britain. Disturbing issues are also raised like the IRA''s relationship to Nazi Germany and ambivalent Irish attitudes to the Holocaust.Drawing upon both published and unpublished sources, this book illustrates the war''s impact on people on both sides of the border and shows how it failed to resolve sectarian problems in Northern Ireland while raising higher the barriers of misunderstanding between it and the Irish state across its border.Table of ContentsContents; 1 Britain and the Irish Question: An Overview; 2 The Impact of Eire's Neutrality and its Denial of the "Treaty Ports" to Britain; 3 The Economics of the Wartime Relationship between Britain and Ireland as a Whole; 4 The IRA - the Resumption of "Military" Operations in 1939; 5 Propaganda, Intelligence, Espionage, and the Media; 6 Overall Impact of the War Years on British/Irish Relationships; 7 Bibliographical Essay; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book fills a gap in the existing literature on the Second World War by covering the range of challenges, threats, issues, dilemmas, and changes faced and dealt with by Sweden during the conflict.Interest in Sweden''s wartime experiences has increased due to its post-war profile as a neutral that both allowed German troops to transit through its territory and also carried on trading with the Nazi regime during the holocaust years. Many misconceptions and false impressions have arisen and persisted as a result of deliberate misinformation and concealment by all sides during that time. Readers of this book will gain a fresh, broad view of the period, personalities and problems from a Swedish orientation.Trade ReviewGives the reader a fresh and authoritative view of wartime Sweden, from the nation's dealings with Nazi Germany to everyday life and social change. More controversially, Gilmour assesses key decisions by the Swedish leadership and tackles post-war questions about Swedish actions in the era of the Holocaust -- Professor Krister Wahlback, Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs It is so rare to have a scholar so competent in the source material of Sweden during the Second World War ...no book in English has managed to give such a comprehensive picture. -- Jonas Frykman, Professor of European Ethnology, Lund University Sweden, the Swastika and Stalin (2010) is the first modern book in English to cover just about all major aspects of Sweden during WWII. It should become required reading for all students of 20th century Scandinavian history. -- Lars Gyllenhaal, Swedish Military History Commission Gilmour has the ability of bringing together various aspects of history, in particular its political, military and diplomatic dimensions, which makes his book useful also for Swedish-speaking readers. Remarkably, there is at the moment no equivalent introduction available in Swedish. -- Johan Ostling, Department of History, Lund University Unlike Boethius, Gilmour has built an argument from the sources rather than an emotional approach towards Swedish conduct. -- Major Claes Henrikson, Militar Historia Gives the reader a fresh and authoritative view of wartime Sweden, from the nation's dealings with Nazi Germany to everyday life and social change. More controversially, Gilmour assesses key decisions by the Swedish leadership and tackles post-war questions about Swedish actions in the era of the Holocaust It is so rare to have a scholar so competent in the source material of Sweden during the Second World War ...no book in English has managed to give such a comprehensive picture. Sweden, the Swastika and Stalin (2010) is the first modern book in English to cover just about all major aspects of Sweden during WWII. It should become required reading for all students of 20th century Scandinavian history. Gilmour has the ability of bringing together various aspects of history, in particular its political, military and diplomatic dimensions, which makes his book useful also for Swedish-speaking readers. Remarkably, there is at the moment no equivalent introduction available in Swedish. Unlike Boethius, Gilmour has built an argument from the sources rather than an emotional approach towards Swedish conduct.Table of ContentsList of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: 1 Shades of Neutrality? Political Challenges and Social Changes 1900-1939; 2 Wartime Power and Personalities; 3 Isolation, 1939-1941; 4 Towards the Turning Point, July 1941-July 1943; 5 Eastern Approaches and Western Reproaches: Finland's Continuation War and the Collapse of Germany, June 1941-May 1945; 6 Trading with Germany and the Allies - Blackmail and Brinksmanship; Part Two: 7 Security, Subversion, Spies and Sabotage; 8 The Battle for Sweden's Mind - Propaganda and Censorship; 9 Race, Rejection, Reception, Rescue, and Redemption - Swedish Humanitarian Endeavours; 10 Military Matters; 11 The Front at Home - Beredskapstiden; 12 Looking Back in Anger? The Assault on 'Small-State Realism'; Abbreviations and Glossary; Reference Sources and Bibliography; Index

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