Modern warfare Books
Duncker & Humblot Funf Plus Zwei: Die Europaischen Nationalstaaten,
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£35.91
Brill Schoningh Monte Cassino 1944: Der Kampf Um ROM Und Seine
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£26.91
Brill Schoningh Tsushima 1905: Ostasiens Trafalgar. 2.
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£26.91
Christoph Links Verlag The Berlin Wall
Book SynopsisThe Berlin Wall Memorial Center on Bernauer Strasse is the main memorial site of divided Germany, located in the center of the German capital. Alongside the exhibit at the former border strip, a permanent exhibition entitled 1961 1989. The Berlin Wall was opened in November 2014, providing information about the political and historical context. The exhibition catalog amply illustrates the history of a divided Germany. With essays by Marianne Birthler, Katja Böhme, Klaus-Dietmar Henke, Elke Kimmel, Axel Klausmeier, Kay Kufeke, Susanne Muhle, Maria Nooke, Gerhard Sälter, Günter Schlusche, Cornelia Thiele and Hermann Wentker.
£20.15
Skira Hanoi after the War
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£25.50
Lanasta Hawker Hunter: the story of a thoroughbred
Book SynopsisThe most successful British jet fighter produced was without doubt the sleek and graceful Hawker Hunter. As usual for every new aircraft type it had its share of teething problems, but once these were all adequately solved the U.K. had at that time one of the best jet fighters available. It was built in large numbers and exported to many countries.
£20.36
Landmark Books Pte.Ltd ,Singapore Life and Death in Changi: The War and Internment
Book SynopsisEnglishman Thomas Kitching died, aged 54, in Changi Prison in April 1944. Interned by the Japanese in 1942, Kitching, who was the Chief Surveyor of Singapore, faithfully kept a diary from December 1941. Only now made accessible, it provides meticulous details and insights into the lives and deaths of the internees and into the functioning of the prison. It is a tragic story of a family torn asunder by the war.Trade Review"The most detailed and important diary that has survived describing the life of civilian internees in Changi." John Bastin Emeritus Reader Modern History of South-East Asia, University of London "[Readers] will find a meticulous account of the day to day events, some frightening, appalling, inspiring, funny, fatal, all true and honest. It is a picture of the way things were. Here is the work of an observant, honest, brave, lovable human being. Tom Kitching had many friends. He will have many satisfied readers." Fredy Bloom, ex-Changi internee in newsletter of Association of British Civilian Internees Far East Region
£23.74
Monsoon Books Sayonara Singapura
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£8.54
Oxford University Press Total War
Book SynopsisThis book explores emotional responses to total war with a focus on the modern European experience. Examining particular wartime locations, and mapping national and transnational emotional cultures, the book suggests new ways of deploying emotion historically as an analytical device.Trade ReviewWith its academic rigour and theoretical thoroughness, the book will certainly help scholars delve deeper into this important topic. * Birgit Schneider, War in History Book Reviews *Table of ContentsForeword List of Figures Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements 1: CLAIRE LANGHAMER, LUCY NOAKES AND CLAUDIA SIEBRECHT: Introduction 2: UTE FREVERT: Emotions in Times of War: Private and Public, Individual and Collective 3: SUSAN R. GRAYZEL: 'Macabre and Hilarious': The Emotional Life of the Civilian Gas Mask in France during and after the First World War 4: MICHAEL ROPER: Little Ruby's Hand: Young Women and the Emotional Experience of Caregiving in Britain after the First World War 5: CLAUDIA SIEBRECHT: The Tears of 1939: German Women and the Emotional Archive of the First World War 6: MARTIN FRANCIS: Wounded Pride and Petty Jealousies: Private Lives and Public Diplomacy in Second World War Cairo 7: LUCY NOAKES: Communities of Feeling: Fear, Death and Grief in the Writing of British Servicemen in the Second World War 8: CLAIRE LANGHAMER: 'Astray in a dark forest'? The Emotional Politics of Reconstruction Britain 9: JOY DAMOUSI: In Search of Victor: Transnationalism, Emotion and War Index
£44.00
The University of Chicago Press In Time of War
Book SynopsisFrom World War II to the war in Iraq, periods of international conflict seem like unique moments in US political history - but when it comes to public opinion, they are not. This title explores conventional wisdom about American reactions to World War II, as well as conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq.Trade Review"With this important and intellectually stimulating book, Adam Berinsky becomes one of the pioneers in bridging the gap between the study of international relations and the study of domestic politics. In Time of War boldly revises our understanding of public opinion on World War II and the Iraq war, as well as broader issues such as attitudes toward war, foreign affairs, and public policy in general." - Jeffrey Cohen, Fordham University"
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press In Time of War
Book SynopsisFrom World War II to the war in Iraq, periods of international conflict seem like unique moments in US political history - but when it comes to public opinion, they are not. This work explodes conventional wisdom about American reactions to World War II, as well as the more recent conflicts in Korea, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, and Iraq.Trade Review"With this important and intellectually stimulating book, Adam Berinsky becomes one of the pioneers in bridging the gap between the study of international relations and the study of domestic politics. In Time of War boldly revises our understanding of public opinion on World War II and the Iraq war, as well as broader issues such as attitudes toward war, foreign affairs, and public policy in general." - Jeffrey Cohen, Fordham University"
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press PostEthical Society The Iraq War Abu Ghraib and
Book SynopsisExamining the American discourse over war and torture, the authors investigate the opinion pages of American newspapers, television commentary, and online discussion groups to offer the first empirical study of the national conversation about the 2003 invasion of Iraq and the revelations of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib a year later.Trade Review"Timely and topical, Post-Ethical Society contributes to ongoing national soul-searching about who we are and how we want to go about sorting out our proper role in the world. This is not mere armchair philosophizing. Here we are presented with totally solid, historical, publicly accessible, empirical data on subjects of major national and international importance. I'm very impressed." (Christian Smith, University of Notre Dame)"
£39.90
The University of Chicago Press The Defense of Jisr alDoreaa
Book SynopsisHelps draw the road map for counterinsurgency in the postmodern world. This book is suitable for cadets and junior military leaders - as well as general readers seeking a deeper understanding of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.Trade Review"This is a terrific and illuminating piece of writing, one of the best things to come out of the Iraq war. It reads to me like a history of the conflict as it would be told by a smart American platoon leader. It should be in the rucksack of every soldier heading to Iraq, and also should be read by anyone who cares about this war. If you want to support our troops, buy it right now." - Thomas E. Ricks, author of Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq"
£18.58
The University of Chicago Press In the House of the Hangman The Agonies of
Book SynopsisThe central question for both the victors and the vanquished of World War II was just how widely the stain of guilt would spread over Germany. This title chronicles explores the processes of accommodation and rejection that Allied plans for a new German state inspired among the German intelligentsia.Trade Review"A highly effective, syncretic account of the engagement with Nazism and its legacy in the early postwar period." (German Quarterly)"
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press DDay Through French Eyes
Book SynopsisThough they yearned for liberation, the French in Normandy nonetheless had to steel themselves for war, knowing that their homes and land and fellow citizens would have to bear the brunt of the attack. In this book, the author turns the usual stories of D-Day around, taking readers across the Channel to view the invasion anew.Trade Review"This clear-eyed examination of what randy American soldiers got up to in France from D-Day through 1946 strips away the sentimentality from the overworked, cliched portrayal of the Greatest Generation." (Publishers Weekly) "Roberts has amassed an enormous amount of detailed information and her... book provides a refreshing view of the price of liberation." (Literary Review)"
£22.00
The University of Chicago Press WWII
Book SynopsisMoving chronologically and thematically through the complex history of the conflict, the author interweaves his own vivid memories of soldiering in the Pacific - from the look on a Japanese fighter pilot's face as he bombed Pearl Harbor, so close that Jones could see him smile and wave, to hitting the beach under fire in Guadalcanal.Trade Review"The most stirring and lucid account of World War II that I have ever read." (Joseph Heller) "A mind-bending extension into new territory of whatever one knew before, not only about war but about human nature." (Chicago Tribune)"
£19.50
The University of Chicago Press The War in American Culture Society and
Book SynopsisExploring the role of World War II in the transformation of American social, cultural and political life, this book includes essays covering topics as varied as government censorship, Hollywood movie-making, swing music, family life, sexuality, cultural images and working-class life.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Art Culture and Media Under the Third Reich
Book SynopsisThis work explores the ways in which Nazi Germany used art and media to portray their country as a champion of Kultur and civilisation. Revealing how multiple domains of cultural activity served to conceptually de-humanize Jews, this work shows how the seeds of the Holocaust were sown
£34.20
The University of Chicago Press Our Latest Longest War
Book SynopsisThe first rule of warfare is to know one's enemy. The second is to know thyself. More than fifteen years and three quarters of a trillion dollars after the US invasion of Afghanistan, it's clear that the United States followed neither rule well. America's goals in Afghanistan were lofty to begin with: dismantle al-Qaeda, remove the Taliban from power, remake the country into a democracy. But not only did the mission come completely unmoored from reality, the United States wasted billions of dollars, and thousands of lives were lost. Our Latest Longest War is a chronicle of how, why, and in what ways the war in Afghanistan failed. Edited by historian and Marine lieutenant colonel Aaron B. O'Connell, the essays collected here represent nine different perspectives on the war all from veterans of the conflict, both American and Afghan. Together, they paint a picture of a war in which problems of culture and ideology derailed nearly every field of endeavor. The authors also draw troubling parallels to the Vietnam War, arguing that deep-running ideological currents in American life explain why the US Government has repeatedly used armed nation-building to try to transform failing states into modern, liberal democracies. In Afghanistan, as in Vietnam, this created a dramatic mismatch of means and ends that neither money, technology, nor the force of arms could overcome. The war in Afghanistan has been the longest in US history. We lost the war, and somehow we continue to lose it every day. These are difficult topics for any American or Afghan to consider, especially for those who fought in the war or lost friends or family in it. This sobering history written by the very people who have been fighting the war is impossible to ignore.
£26.00
The University of Chicago Press The Great Cat and Dog Massacre The Real Story of
Book SynopsisThe tragedies of World War II are well known. But at least one has been forgotten: in September 1939, four hundred thousand cats and dogs were massacred in Britain. The government, vets, and animal charities all advised against this killing. So why would thousands of British citizens line up to voluntarily euthanize household pets? In The Great Cat and Dog Massacre, Hilda Kean unearths the history, piecing together the compelling story of the life and death of Britain's wartime animal companions. She explains that fear of imminent Nazi bombing and the desire to do something to prepare for war led Britons to sew blackout curtains, dig up flower beds for vegetable patches, send their children away to the countryside and kill the family pet, in theory sparing them the suffering of a bombing raid. Kean's narrative is gripping, unfolding through stories of shared experiences of bombing, food restrictions, sheltering, and mutual support. Soon pets became key to the war effort, providing emot
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press The Interpreter
Book SynopsisThe US Army executed seventy of its own soldiers between 1943 and 1946 - almost all of them black. This work narrates two different trials: one of a white officer, one of a black soldier, both accused of murder. Both they were court-martialed in the same room, yet the outcomes could not have been more different.Trade Review"A nuanced historical account that resonates with today's controversies over race and capital punishment." - Publishers Weekly "American racism could become deadly for black soldiers on the front. The Interpreter reminds us of this sad component of a heroic chapter in American military history." - Los Angeles Times "Impressive.... The very precision and extent of her research suggest an author whose dedication to her theme amounts to much more than an intent to document her acquaintance and proper use of archival sources. This is an extraordinary book." - John Lukacs, Boston Globe "With elegance and lucidity, Kaplan revisits these two trials and reveals an appallingly separate and unequal wartime U.S. military justice system." - Minneapolis Star Tribune "Kaplan has produced a compelling look at the racial disparities as they were played out.... She explores both cases in considerable and vivid detail." - Sacramento Bee"
£17.66
The University of Chicago Press Suffering Made Real
Book SynopsisThe Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission (ABCC) was formed in 1946 in Japan in order to monitor the medical effects of radiation on the survivors of the two atomic bombs. This analysis of the ABCC's research argues that Cold War politics and cultural values fundamentally shaped the work of the ABCC.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1: How the ABCC Began 1: The Most Important People Living 2: Colonial Science 3: Into the Field 4: The Genetics Study 2: Managing the ABCC 5: Midwives and Mothers 6: Political Survival in Washington 7: The No-Treatment Policy 8: The Public Meaning of the ABCC 3: Science and Context 9: What is a Mutation? 10: Draft Analysis, 1952-1953 11: Publication Strategies 12: The ABCC and the RERF 13: Conclusions Bibliography Index
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Free to Die for Their Country The Story of the
Book SynopsisBased on years of research and personal interviews, Eric L. Muller recreates the emotions and events that followed the punishment imposed on the young men who refused to follow draft orders in World War II.
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press The Spanish Disquiet
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£50.40
The University of Chicago Press Our Latest Longest War
Book SynopsisA group of veterans of the war explain how we misjudged our ability, ignored Afghan culture, and set ourselves up to fail.Trade Review"A measured and clear-eyed look at the deep rooted challenges embedded in the ongoing effort to achieve a stable and successful outcome in Afghanistan--many of which are of our own making through inattention to the history and culture of this complex nation. As NATO Commander with overall strategic command of the operation, I watched four successive ISAF Commanders--loyal subordinates and brilliant Generals all--try and fail to overcome the inherent contradictions in our approach. This collection of well sourced essays illuminates our collective failures, despite the best of intentions."--Admiral James Stavridis "USN (Ret), Supreme Allied Commander at NATO 2009-2013 " "Our Latest Longest War is a unique collection of essays, written by those who actually implemented Afghanistan policy in the field, not by the senior government officials halfway around the world in Washington. The complexity and difficulty of counterinsurgency warfare are made clear in this superbly edited book. A must read for government and military leaders tempted to frame decisions as overly simplistic binary choices, and for those who are called upon to serve at 'the tip of the spear' and face realities not understood and acknowledged at the strategic level."--Karl W. Eikenberry "ambassador and Lieutenant General, retired, US Army, Oksenberg-Rohlen Distinguished Fellow, Stanford " "Nothing has ever been easy in the shadow of the Hindu Kush, and the essays in Our Latest Longest War convey that accurately, thoughtfully, and unblinkingly. This superb collection of essays by scholars and practitioners illuminates the innumerable challenges and harsh realities with which those of us engaged in Afghanistan contended in our collective endeavor to ensure that the country was never again a sanctuary for Al Qaeda or other transnational extremists--as it was when the 9/11 attacks were planned there."--General David Petraeus, US Army (Ret), Commander, "US Central Command 2008-10, Intnl Security Assistance Force & US Forces in Afghanistan 2010-11 "
£24.00
The University of Chicago Press Kamikaze Diaries Reflections of Japanese Student
Book SynopsisPresents diaries and correspondence left by members of the tokkotai and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the World War II. Outside of Japan, these kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This book explores writings, which speak otherwise.Trade Review"Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney's book is designed to challenge Western perceptions of the kamikaze generation. By assembling brief biographies of some of the young Japanese who perished on suicide missions, and by quoting extensively from their wartime diaries and poetry, she portrays a group of literate, thoughtful people, most of whom hated the war and were reluctant to die." - Sunday Telegraph (UK) "If we wish to understand the phenomenon of terrorism in the modern world... the first and most necessary step is to understand our enemies. We must give respect to our enemies as courageous and capable soldiers enlisted in an evil cause, before we can understand them. Kamikaze Diaries gives us a basis on which to build both respect and understanding." - Freeman J. Dyson, New York Review of Books "The poems, letters, and diaries featured in this book give the lie to the notion that Japan was unified behind the war.... Kamikaze Diaries is a timely and necessary correction of a popular myth, and an important contribution to the understanding of Japan at war." - Economist"
£41.80
The University of Chicago Press Kamikaze Diaries
Book SynopsisPresents diaries and correspondence left by kamikaze pilots and other Japanese student soldiers who perished during the war. These kamikaze pilots were considered unbridled fanatics who willingly sacrificed their lives for the emperor. This work is useful for those interested in the history of Japan and World War II.Trade Review"Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney's book is designed to challenge Western perceptions of the kamikaze generation. By assembling brief biographies of some of the young Japanese who perished on suicide missions, and by quoting extensively from their wartime diaries and poetry, she portrays a group of literate, thoughtful people, most of whom hated the war and were reluctant to die." - Sunday Telegraph (UK) "If we wish to understand the phenomenon of terrorism in the modern world... the first and most necessary step is to understand our enemies. We must give respect to our enemies as courageous and capable soldiers enlisted in an evil cause, before we can understand them. Kamikaze Diaries gives us a basis on which to build both respect and understanding." - Freeman J. Dyson, New York Review of Books "The poems, letters, and diaries featured in this book give the lie to the notion that Japan was unified behind the war.... Kamikaze Diaries is a timely and necessary correction of a popular myth, and an important contribution to the understanding of Japan at war." - Economist"
£16.15
The University of Chicago Press Kamikaze Cherry Blossoms and Nationalisms
Book SynopsisWhy did almost 1000 highly educated "student soldiers" volunteer to serve in Japan's kamikaze operations at the end of World War II, even though Japan was losing the war? This study of the role of the state in pushing imperial ideology shows the power of symbolic communication.
£28.00
The University of Chicago Press Reign of Virtue
Book SynopsisExploring the effects of military defeat and Nazi occupation on French articulations of gender in wartime France, this text uses such sources as governmental archives and propaganda to explore the ways in which Vichy politicians used gendered images to maintain political and social order.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Foreword by Catharine R. Stimpson Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction 1: "We are Beaten": Women, Natalism, and Familialism from the Third Republic to Vichy 2: "The Blood Tax of Motherhood": Vichy and the Regulation of Female Sexuality 3: "To Make Men of Them"? Education for a New France 4: Vichy In/Action: Mobilizing Men and "Family" 5: "Do Not Expect Too Much from the State": Images, Words, and Action in Vichy's Welfarism 6: "In the Present Circumstances": Women's Work, Women's Dependency 7: A Story of Women? Vichy and the Politics of Abortion, 1942-44 Conclusion: The Etat Francais and the Politics of Gender Notes References Index
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Reign of Virtue Mobilizing Gender in Vichy France
Book SynopsisExploring the effects of military defeat and Nazi occupation on French articulations of gender in wartime France, this text uses such sources as governmental archives and propaganda to explore the ways in which Vichy politicians used gendered images to maintain political and social order.
£31.35
The University of Chicago Press Taking Leave Taking Liberties American Troops on
Book SynopsisAmerican soldiers overseas during World War II were famously said to be overpaid, oversexed, and over here. But the assaults, rapes, and other brutal acts didn't only happen elsewhere, far away from a home front depicted as safe and unscathed by the good war. To the contrary, millions of American and Allied troops regularly poured into ports like New York and Los Angeles while on leave. Euphemistically called friendly invasions, these crowds of men then forced civilians to contend with the same kinds of crime and sexual assault unfolding in places like Britain, France, and Australia. With unsettling clarity, Aaron Hiltner reveals what American troops really did on the home front. While GIs are imagined to have spent much of the war in Europe or the Pacific, before the run-up to D-day in the spring of 1944 as many as 75% of soldiers were stationed in US port cities, including more than three million who moved through New York City. In these cities, largely uncontrolled soldiers soughTrade Review“Phrases like ‘the Good War,’ and ‘The Greatest Generation’ reassure us of the Second World War’s redemptive power. With Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq all clouding living memory, we can look back to a necessary war, fought by selfless volunteers against ruthless enemies. You can believe this fully, and Hiltner’s Taking Leave, Taking Liberties will still give you pause. Hiltner traces the mobilization of millions of men over the course of four years, and he explores the contradiction between fighting ideals and the spectacular rise of crime, sexual violence, assaults, and urban disorder wherever soldiers gathered on the home front. It is a fresh contribution to the history of World War II, of masculinity, and of violence.” -- Elliott Gorn, Loyola University Chicago“Hiltner shines a light on a little-known conflict that occurred on the American home front in World War II: one wrought by brawny and belligerent GIs who caroused and terrorized their way through liberty cities across the country. Rejecting military and civilian control, these men took the spoils of war for themselves, leaving civilians—often women—to fend for themselves. This is not a comforting story about the American home front in World War II, but it is a vital one with important lessons for today.” -- Kara Dixon Vuic, Texas Christian University“In this innovative study of World War II, Hiltner shows us another side of the home front: the ‘friendly invasions’ of US servicemen on leave in US liberty ports. The chaos that ensued—drunken brawls, racial and sexual violence, civilian-military conflict—reveals a darker side of wartime America and the far-reaching impact of the militarization of urban life.” -- Marilynn S. Johnson, Boston College"Taking Leave, Taking Liberties offers a whole new way of thinking about a moment in history we thought we already knew. From Times Square to Hollywood Boulevard to San Francisco’s Barbary Coast, servicemen on leave transformed the landscapes and economies of cities, upended civil-military relations, and redefined what Americans thought it meant to be a man. GI Joe, you’ve met your match in Hiltner: this is the freshest take on the World War II home front in a generation.” -- Christopher Capozzola, Massachusetts Institute of Technology“An important and powerful contribution to the literature on the World War II home front. Hiltner recovers the long-forgotten history of American liberty ports and reveals that U.S. civil-military relations were far more violent and chaotic than most Americans may want to believe.” -- Aaron O’Connell, University of Texas at Austin"Highly recommended. . . Well-written." * Choice *"Taking Leave, Taking Liberties is highly recommended for all those readers interested in what really happened in America during World War II. . . . Hiltner presents a far different portrait of what actually transpired on the home front. It is not a pretty picture." * The Journal of America's Military Past *"Taking Leave, Taking Liberties makes an important contribution to our understanding of the impact of World War II on American society and deserves a large audience. . . . In an engaging narrative, Hilter outlines a combination of factors that led to the breakdown of law and order in many port cities during World War II." * History *“Taking Leave, Taking Liberties is [Hiltner’s] first book. And what a book it is.” -- Laurence M. Vance * LewRockwell.com *"In this well-written and well-documented book, Hiltner effectively explores the development of a privileged, empowered GI culture and the consequences of unchecked superiority and aggressive masculinity that was unleashed in cities nationwide. In doing so, Hiltner adds an especially important and powerful chapter to the WWII civil-military story." * Home Front Studies *Table of ContentsIntroduction What Happened on the Home Front Chapter One Making the Military Man Chapter Two Taking Liberty Chapter Three Women Face the Uniform Chapter Four The Militarized City Epilogue Postwar Invasions and Occupations Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography of Primary Sources Index
£20.90
The University of Chicago Press Sheer Misery
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented look at both the ground-level world of the common soldier and a deeply felt rendering of the experience of being a body in war.Trade Review“A tightly focused, graphic illustration of the many ways that war is hell. . . . Roberts, a professor of history at the University of Wisconsin, pulls together brutal accounts from soldiers who participated in the “three campaigns [that] left high-water marks for infantry misery: the 1943-44 winter campaign in the Italian mountains, the summer 1944 battles in Normandy, and the 1944-45 winter battles in northwest Europe.” As the author shows with vivid detail, their trials went far beyond exposure to enemy action. . . . Roberts uses her sources to powerful effect, and the illustrations and photos, while sometimes disturbing, add to the narrative impact.” * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) *“This accessible account, based on a solid foundation of primary and secondary sources, offers a fascinating window into the world of combat soldiers, shorn of nostalgia. A welcome purchase for libraries, and a must for readers interested in firsthand perspectives of World War II.” * Library Journal *"In this concise study, Roberts does much to illuminate the responses of soldiers to the conditions of war. . . . Highly recommended." * Choice *“Sheer Misery is a sheer masterpiece in a genre pioneered by the likes of John Keegan and Paul Fussell. Like them, Roberts writes not about commanders and their strategies but about ordinary soldiers and their sufferings. With a rare blend of warm empathy and cool detachment, she portrays war-fighting not as a romantic tale of guts, glory, and fame, but a wretched trial of tedium, pain, and fear. Gritty, intimate, and compelling, this book makes a major contribution to our understanding of the true character of warfare.” * David M. Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 *"Wonderfully rich. . . The reader is given a vivid sense of what it was like to endure a bombardment, see a dead body for the first time or suffer a wound and its subsequent treatment. By focusing on the everyday misery of the unwashed men on the ground, this study provides a timely reminder that, in the words of another US General, ‘war is hell’." * History Today *“Sheer Misery offers a vivid, visceral, and often gruesome picture of battlefield Europe through soldiers’ own words. It stands apart from most books about battle in World War II in that it does not delve deeply into grand strategies or tactics or even follow a close chronological narrative of the campaign. Roberts instead creates 'a somatic history of war' to reveal how the soldier’s body itself became a site of conflict. . . . Sheer Misery offers a compelling new perspective on battle in World War II and certainly sets aside any sanitized image of the infantryman’s experiences fighting across Western Europe.” * Canadian Journal of History *“Thoroughly researched and skillfully written, Sheer Misery is an extraordinary examination of how American, British, and German soldiers endured the rigors of combat and battled the forces of nature in the campaigns for Italy, France, and the Low Countries. Roberts thoroughly details the essence of fighting in nasty and brutish conditions, the struggle infantrymen faced to stay alive, and the impact of war on their bodies.” * Peter Mansoor, author of The GI Offensive in Europe: The Triumph of American Infantry Divisions, 1941-1945 *"An exceptional account of the common soldier's experience during war. The acclaimed historian delves into diaries and letters of enlisted Allied soldiers in Europe, to train her humane and unsparing eye on their corporeal hardship and misery." * The Bookseller *"[An] aptly titled and keenly insightful study of the experience of combat in the Second World War. . . Roberts is an uncommonly perceptive historian of culture, identity, and historically contingent sensibilities. . . . Roberts writes with sensitivity and empathy about common soldiers, and has delved deeply enough into their personal accounts to recreate their mental worlds." * H-War *"[Roberts] vividly evokes the horrendous sights of battle, its awful sounds, smells, and feel. . . Her perceptive and enlightening book will reward careful reading by both scholars and general readers interested in the world of combat troops in Europe during the Second World War." * Michigan War Studies Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: The Senses 2: The Dirty Body 3: The Foot 4: The Wound 5: The Corpse Acknowledgments Notes Index
£22.00
The University of Chicago Press Dark Lens Imaging Germany 1945
Book SynopsisTrade Review“It is the ‘righteous pleasure in retribution’ that worries Meltzer in Dark Lens, a work of scholarship organized around a collection of previously unpublished amateur photographs, taken by Jeanne Dumilieu (the author’s mother), that feature ruins in the wake of the Allied bombings of Germany. . . . Our gaze is precisely what Meltzer is interested in investigating. What and how do we see when we see these photos? Can we even see the ruin as such? This proposition suggests a provocative way of rereading the history of interest in and representation of ruins. Perhaps our enduring obsession with them—and our drive to depict and behold them—is fueled by our very inability to reckon with destruction.” -- Nathan Goldman * Lapham's Quarterly *“Meltzer’s Dark Lens is based around a couple of dozen snaps which her mother, a Frenchwoman who had been in the Resistance, took of ruined German cities immediately after the war. This personal angle whets the reader’s appetite, as does the reminder of just how strangely fascinated we all are by ruins.” -- James Hawes * The Spectator *"Dark Lens offers striking insights into Meltzer’s childhood experiences as a foreigner in a defeated land. . . The book is elegantly written and cogently argued." * German Studies Review *“A cache of Jeanne Dumilieu’s previously unpublished photographs of these destroyed German cityscapes forms the focal point of Dark Lens, a genre-defying book that is at once a family photo album, an autobiographical meditation, a cultural history of ruins, and a rigorous work of photographic criticism. . . . Meltzer’s latest book is a welcome addition to scholarship that, in the last decade, has finally begun to take photography seriously as a medium that can productively complicate historical understandings of traumatic history.” * Central European History *"Meltzer’s book is a fascinating study of a long-gone but still resonant period and raises important ethical and aesthetic questions. It is written with elegance and grace, and it deserves respectful attention from German Studies scholars." * Monatshefte *“Meltzer has written a masterpiece—an intensely personal, beautifully expressed, and reflective critical interrogation of transgenerational haunting in relation to the ruins that dominated her own childhood in post-War Germany. One special feature of Meltzer's writing is the subtle and riveting range of perspectives she brings. It is rare to find such voices so superbly melded in so urgent and important a text." -- Jas Elsner, University of Oxford“Can catastrophe and the suffering of others be persuasively represented so as to reduce human suffering? In Dark Lens, Meltzer addresses this question fully, with a theoretically versatile examination of attempts to capture catastrophes in words and images. Meltzer stresses the historical and ethical contexts in which these texts demand to be read but recognizes that no amount of theorizing or moralizing will domesticate the upsetting incongruities she lays bare.” -- Werner Sollors, author of The Temptation of Despair: Tales of the 1940s"Meltzer’s meditation on her mother’s searing photographs of German ruins is bold yet subtle. Dark Lens tears these images out of the continuum of history to examine civilian suffering. Meltzer suggests a way of looking at pictures of destruction without lapsing into either moral relativism or another cycle of blame and retribution." -- Ulrich C. Baer, New York University"Can we escape the Romantics’ aesthetization of ruins when we 'read' Germany’s ruins? Do the texts, paintings and photographs allow us to 'see' the suffering of civilians – then and now? No other ruin scholar has raised the ethical questions provoked by these haunting ruinscapes as subtly and rigorously as Meltzer. When she leaves us alone with her mother’s photographs, Meltzer’s probing reflections have prepared us to think about what a concept of ruin art might mean in this politically treacherous context." -- Julia Hell, co-editor of Ruins of Modernity and author of The Conquest of Ruins: The Third Reich and the Fall of RomeTable of ContentsWhat I Remember By Way of Beginning 1 When Words Fail: Writing Disaster 2 Ruination in Painting: Making the Unspeakable Visible 3 Through a Lens, Darkly: Texts and Images 4 Suffering and Victimization Foregone and Other Conclusions Appendix Acknowledgments Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press What Soldiers Do Sex and the American GI in
Book SynopsisHow do you convince men to charge across heavily mined beaches into deadly machine-gun fire? The author tells the troubling story of how the US military command systematically spread - and then exploited - the myth of French women as sexually experienced and available. The resulting chaos horrified the war-weary and demoralized French population.Trade Review"In this vivid account of Gls in wartime France, Mary Louise Roberts documents how the Greatest Generation was sometimes as badly behaved beyond the battlefield as it was brave in combat. What Soldiers Do is not a conventional history. It deeply-and often colorfully-textures our understanding of the experiences of men at war, the contours of mid-twentieth-century sexual (and racial) mores, and the frequently ignorant and even lurid attitudes toward other peoples that attended America's ascent to global hegemony." -David M. Kennedy, author of Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War"
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Columbia University Press Deadly Imbalances Tripolarity Hitlers Strategy of World Conquest
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Columbia University Press The Tet Offensive
Book SynopsisIn the Tet Offensive of 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces launched a massive countrywide attack on South Vietnam. This work claims Hanoi won a strategic victory. It begins with a historical overview of the events leading up to the offensive, the attack itself, and the consequent battles of Saigon, Hue, and Khe Sahn.Trade ReviewAn excellent supplementary text for college and university courses. Library Journal A careful and judicious evaluation... Students especially will find this invaluable. -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs The Tet Offensive will be of great value to military professionals, historians, and Vietnam veterans. -- Col. Gordon W. Keiser, U.S. Marine Corps Proceedings [A] well-written, and helpful reference... The Tet Offensive is enjoyable reading and an important new addition. -- MAJ John M. Hawkins Military Review Thorough... An excellent work worthy of inclusion in collections of studies on the Vietnam War. -- Larry K. Burke The Journal of Military History Without a doubt, this work will become the initial resource that student and historians alike will pull off the shelf to comprehend this seminal military event... Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Maps AbbreviationsPart I Historical OverviewChapter 1. PreludeAmerican Public Opinion Public Relations and Westmoreland's Optimism Troop Disposition The Communist Decision to Conduct the Offensive The Plan Preparing for the OffensiveChapter 2. Border Battles, Hill Fights, and Khe SanhKhe Sanh The Hill Fights Operation Niagara The Siege of Khe Sanh BeginsChapter 3. The Tet OffensiveThe Offensive Begins The Battle for Saigon The Battle at the U.S. Embasssy Attacks Around the City The Battle of Cholon TEt CountrywideChapter 4. The Battle for HueThe Battle Begins The Marines Respond Fighting in the New City The Fight for the CitadelChapter 5. The Siege of Khe SanhThe Fall of Lang Vei Resupplying the Marines Tactical Air Support A New Attack Lifting the SiegeChapter 6. The Impact of the Tet OffensivePolitical Fallout The Request for Additional Troops The New Hampshire Primary The Presidential Election of 1968Chapter 7. Assessing the Tet OffensivePart II Issues and InterpretationsChapter 8. Motivations and Objectives of the Tet OffensiveChapter 9. Military Intelligence and the Surprise at TetChapter 10. What Happened at Hue?Chapter 11. Why Khe Sanh?Chapter 12. Tet and the MediaChapter 13. Tet and the American Military StrategyNotesPart III Chronology, 1967-68Part IV The Tet Offensive A to ZPart V DocumentsPresident Johnson's "San Antonio Formula" Speech of September 29, 1967Directive on Forthcoming Offensive and Uprisings, Priovincial Party Standing Committee, 1 November 1967Capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists for Fighting in South Vietnam, November 13, 1967 (Extract)Address by Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam, General William C. Westmoreland, November 21, 1967 (Extract)"Saigon Under Fire," CBS News Special Report, January 31, 1968Memorandum from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler for the President, February 12, 1968 (Extract)Walter Cronkite's "We are Mired in Stalemate" CBS News Broadcast, February 27, 1968Report of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler on the Situation in Vietnam and MACV Force Requirements, February 27. 1968 (Extract)Summary of Notes from March 26, 1968, Meeting Between President Lyndon Johnson and the Wise MenPresident Johnson's Address to the Nation Announcing His Decision Not to Seek Reelection, March 31, 1968Part VI ResourcesGeneral WorksEncyclopedias, Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Guides, and Atlases General Histories, Anthologies Biographies Memoirs Vietnamese Perspectives Oral Histories Document CollectionsLyndon Johnson and the WarThe Tet OffensiveThe Battle of HueThe Siege of Khe SanhThe Hill Fights and Border BattlesPresident Lyndon Johnson and the MediaMilitary Intelligence and TetU.S. Strategy in VietnamCombat After-action Reports and Command HistoriesMicrofilm/MicroficheDocumentary FilmsElectronic ResourcesWeb Sites CD-ROMsArchives and LibrariesIndex
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Columbia University Press The Tet Offensive
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn excellent supplementary text for college and university courses. Library Journal A careful and judicious evaluation... Students especially will find this invaluable. -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs The Tet Offensive will be of great value to military professionals, historians, and Vietnam veterans. -- Col. Gordon W. Keiser, U.S. Marine Corps Proceedings [A] well-written, and helpful reference... The Tet Offensive is enjoyable reading and an important new addition. -- MAJ John M. Hawkins Military Review Thorough... An excellent work worthy of inclusion in collections of studies on the Vietnam War. -- Larry K. Burke The Journal of Military History Without a doubt, this work will become the initial resource that student and historians alike will pull off the shelf to comprehend this seminal military event... Highly recommended. ChoiceTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Maps AbbreviationsPart I Historical OverviewChapter 1. PreludeAmerican Public Opinion Public Relations and Westmoreland's Optimism Troop Disposition The Communist Decision to Conduct the Offensive The Plan Preparing for the OffensiveChapter 2. Border Battles, Hill Fights, and Khe SanhKhe Sanh The Hill Fights Operation Niagara The Siege of Khe Sanh BeginsChapter 3. The Tet OffensiveThe Offensive Begins The Battle for Saigon The Battle at the U.S. Embasssy Attacks Around the City The Battle of Cholon TEt CountrywideChapter 4. The Battle for HueThe Battle Begins The Marines Respond Fighting in the New City The Fight for the CitadelChapter 5. The Siege of Khe SanhThe Fall of Lang Vei Resupplying the Marines Tactical Air Support A New Attack Lifting the SiegeChapter 6. The Impact of the Tet OffensivePolitical Fallout The Request for Additional Troops The New Hampshire Primary The Presidential Election of 1968Chapter 7. Assessing the Tet OffensivePart II Issues and InterpretationsChapter 8. Motivations and Objectives of the Tet OffensiveChapter 9. Military Intelligence and the Surprise at TetChapter 10. What Happened at Hue?Chapter 11. Why Khe Sanh?Chapter 12. Tet and the MediaChapter 13. Tet and the American Military StrategyNotesPart III Chronology, 1967-68Part IV The Tet Offensive A to ZPart V DocumentsPresident Johnson's "San Antonio Formula" Speech of September 29, 1967Directive on Forthcoming Offensive and Uprisings, Priovincial Party Standing Committee, 1 November 1967Capabilities of the Vietnamese Communists for Fighting in South Vietnam, November 13, 1967 (Extract)Address by Commander of U.S. Forces in Vietnam, General William C. Westmoreland, November 21, 1967 (Extract)"Saigon Under Fire," CBS News Special Report, January 31, 1968Memorandum from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler for the President, February 12, 1968 (Extract)Walter Cronkite's "We are Mired in Stalemate" CBS News Broadcast, February 27, 1968Report of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Earle G. Wheeler on the Situation in Vietnam and MACV Force Requirements, February 27. 1968 (Extract)Summary of Notes from March 26, 1968, Meeting Between President Lyndon Johnson and the Wise MenPresident Johnson's Address to the Nation Announcing His Decision Not to Seek Reelection, March 31, 1968Part VI ResourcesGeneral WorksEncyclopedias, Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Guides, and Atlases General Histories, Anthologies Biographies Memoirs Vietnamese Perspectives Oral Histories Document CollectionsLyndon Johnson and the WarThe Tet OffensiveThe Battle of HueThe Siege of Khe SanhThe Hill Fights and Border BattlesPresident Lyndon Johnson and the MediaMilitary Intelligence and TetU.S. Strategy in VietnamCombat After-action Reports and Command HistoriesMicrofilm/MicroficheDocumentary FilmsElectronic ResourcesWeb Sites CD-ROMsArchives and LibrariesIndex
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Columbia University Press The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb
Book SynopsisDescribes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use the weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive collection of key primary source documents that illuminate the behavior of the United States and Japan during the closing days of World War II.Trade ReviewA rich resource to the complex and often profoundly controversial questions surrounding the bomb of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Reference & Research Book News Lucid and careful summaries of the issues...[a] substantial and well-chosen collection of documents from American and Japanese sources -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Not only comprehensive but so engaging... This is a book for every library. -- Joe P. Dunn American Reference Books Annual An indispensable book. -- Robert James Maddox Journal of Cold War Studies Innovative. -- Philip Nash H-Diplo By giving the nuclear debate life before the Cold War, Kort revitalizes it for a new complex era. The Columbia Guide to Hiroshima and the Bomb makes a valuable contribution. -- Jay Larson Peace and ChangeTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Part I. Historical Narrative 1. The Debate Over Hiroshima 2. Building the Atomic Bomb 3. The Pacific War 4. The Decision to Drop the Bomb 5. The Japanese Government, Ketsu-Go, and Potsdam 6. Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Japan's Surrender 7. Hiroshima and American Power Part II. Key Questions and Interpretations Part III. Resources Chronology Glossary of Military Terms and Abbreviations Glossary of Names Selected Bibliography Part IV. Documents Guide to the Documents A. American Civilian Documents B. American Military Documents C. MAGIC Diplomatic Summaries D. Japanese Government Documents, Military Documents, and Diary Entries E. Japanese Surrender Documents F. United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Summary Report and Interrogations of Japanese Officials G. Statements of Japanese Officials on World War II, Military Intelligence Section, Historical Division, U.S. Army Notes Index
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Columbia University Press The Fire
Book SynopsisCombining research with illustrations, this book presents an account of the saturation bombing, rendering in detail the annihilation of cities such as Dresden, the jewel of Germany's rich art and architectural heritage.Trade ReviewExhaustive and harrowing ... Friedrich's aim seems to be not only to wrest the history of German suffering from the clutch of the far right but to rescue the glories of German history from the twelve years of Hitler's thousand-year Reich. -- Ian Buruma New York Review of Books The Fire represents the continuation of Friedrich's generation's indictment of National Socialism--except now the finger is pointed at the Allies, and sympathy is extended to the civilian Germans who were their victims. The Nation What W. G. Sebald lamented about the lack of open discourse on the air war appears to have been blown apart with the publication of The Fire. -- Noah Isenberg Bookforum Jorg Friedrich's achievement in The Fire has been to tell this tale of death and destruction with a rare plasticity and vividness. German Historical Institute London Bulletin Riveting. TIME Europe [Jorg Friedrich] describes in stark, unrelenting and very literary detail what happened in city after city as the Allies dropped 80 million incendiary bombs on Germany... There is ... an edginess to Friedrich's writing and commentary, an emotional power. New York Times Jorg Friedrich tells the story from the viewpoint of the bombed with... great skill and objectivity. -- Paul Johnson The American Spectator Thorough and methodical... Friedrich's book underscores that precision bombing is anything but a scientific enterprise. -- Stanley Hoffman Foreign Affairs Mr. Friedrich deserves credit for both his diligence and his descriptive powers. Economist An indictment both of Hitler's appropriation of German history and of the Allies' destruction of a nation's culture... Thoughtful and detailed. Library Journal This is a book that demands to be read, no matter how uncomfortable the experience. -- David Cesarani The Independent [A] haunting book... forceful, incendiary. Atlantic Monthly A well-documented piece of historical writing... [that] is also a poignant, lyrical and terrible account of human suffering. -- Adam R. Seipp Houston Chronicle A vivid and powerful critique of war... [The Fire is] fascinating, ground-breaking, and thought-provoking. -- Roger Moorhouse BBC History Magazine Recommended. Choice A contribution to the German literature of remembrance; it is also a passionate denunciation of the excesses of the air war. -- Harold Dorn Technology and CultureTable of Contents1. Weapon 2. Strategy 3. Land 4. Protection 5. We 6. I 7. Stone Editorial Remarks Notes Bibliography
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Columbia University Press The Columbia History of the Vietnam War
Book SynopsisTrade Review[A] brilliantly edited anthology featuring a wide variety of essays by the finest experts in the field... Essential. Choice An accessible and coherent account of the war's course, from before the United States' involvement to the North's eventual victory. -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Essential reading. Masterfully written by the most prominent authorities on the Vietnam War. -- Shelton Woods Journal of World History A timely book with contemporary relevance, published at a time when America's experience in Vietnam continues to figure prominently in discussions about strategy and defense... Highly recommended. -- James H. Willbanks Parameters The major attraction of this volume is its winning combination of accessibility, authority, and intellectual depth. The editor should be congratulated for assembling a collection that should appeal across a wide spectrum of readers, from advanced college students to those with more expert knowledge on the war, who are looking for fresh insight or a cogent summary of an extensive literature. -- Matthew Jones Journal of American History David Anderson and Columbia University Press have published an important addition to Vietnam War literature. It is strongly recommended for all scholars and students of the Vietnam War and should be included in all academic libraries with an interest in this area. -- Peter Bush The Journal of Military History [An] invaluable study. The Scotsman With its sterling lineup of scholars, The Columbia History provides keen insights into the history of the war in Vietnam that are accessible to a broad readership and informative we grapple with current wars. -- R.V. Lee Vietnam The invaluable Columbia History of the Vietnam War offers cautionary lessons even as our nation fights three wars and continues planning for and spending enormous amounts for our inevitable future wars. -- Murray Polner History News NetworkTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction: The Vietnam War and Its Enduring Historical Relevance David L. Anderson Part I. Chronological Perspectives 1. Setting the Stage: Vietnamese Revolutionary Nationalism and the First Vietnam War, by Mark Philip Bradley 2. "Dealing with a Government of Madmen": Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Ngo Dinh Diem, by Richard H. Immerman 3. South Vietnam Under Siege, 1961-1965: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Question of Escalation or Disengagement, by Gary R. Hess 4. Lyndon Johnson and the Bombing of Vietnam: Politics and Military Choices, by Lloyd C. Gardner 5. Turning Point: The Vietnam War's Pivotal Year, November 1967-November 1968, by Robert J. McMahon 6. Richard M. Nixon and the Vietnam War: The Paradox of Disengagement with Escalation, by Jeffrey P. Kimball Part II. Topical Perspectives 7. American Strategy in the Vietnam War, by John Prados 8. The Village War in Vietnam, 1965-1973, by Eric Bergerud 9. Fighting for Family: Vietnamese Women and the American War, by Helen E. Anderson 10. Vietnamese Society at War, by Robert K. Brigham 11. "Hey, Hey, LBJ!": American Domestic Politics and the Vietnam War, by Melvin Small 12. Cambodia and Laos in the Vietnam War, by Kenton Clymer Part III. Postwar Perspectives 13. The Legacy of the Vietnam War, by Robert D. Schulzinger 14. The Vietnam Syndrome, by George C. Herring List of Contributors Index
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Columbia University Press The Columbia History of the Vietnam War
Book SynopsisThe Columbia History of the Vietnam War offers new perspectives on the political, historical, military, and social issues that defined the war and its effect on the U.S. and Vietnam. This collection with contributions by leading scholars is essential to understanding America's entanglement in the Vietnam War and the history of modern Vietnam.Trade Review[A] brilliantly edited anthology featuring a wide variety of essays by the finest experts in the field... Essential. Choice An accessible and coherent account of the war's course, from before the United States' involvement to the North's eventual victory. -- Lawrence D. Freedman Foreign Affairs Essential reading. Masterfully written by the most prominent authorities on the Vietnam War. -- Shelton Woods Journal of World History A timely book with contemporary relevance, published at a time when America's experience in Vietnam continues to figure prominently in discussions about strategy and defense... Highly recommended. -- James H. Willbanks ParametersTable of ContentsPreface Abbreviations Introduction: The Vietnam War and Its Enduring Historical Relevance David L. Anderson Part I. Chronological Perspectives 1. Setting the Stage: Vietnamese Revolutionary Nationalism and the First Vietnam War, by Mark Philip Bradley 2. "Dealing with a Government of Madmen": Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Ngo Dinh Diem, by Richard H. Immerman 3. South Vietnam Under Siege, 1961-1965: Kennedy, Johnson, and the Question of Escalation or Disengagement, by Gary R. Hess 4. Lyndon Johnson and the Bombing of Vietnam: Politics and Military Choices, by Lloyd C. Gardner 5. Turning Point: The Vietnam War's Pivotal Year, November 1967-November 1968, by Robert J. McMahon 6. Richard M. Nixon and the Vietnam War: The Paradox of Disengagement with Escalation, by Jeffrey P. Kimball Part II. Topical Perspectives 7. American Strategy in the Vietnam War, by John Prados 8. The Village War in Vietnam, 1965-1973, by Eric Bergerud 9. Fighting for Family: Vietnamese Women and the American War, by Helen E. Anderson 10. Vietnamese Society at War, by Robert K. Brigham 11. "Hey, Hey, LBJ!": American Domestic Politics and the Vietnam War, by Melvin Small 12. Cambodia and Laos in the Vietnam War, by Kenton Clymer Part III. Postwar Perspectives 13. The Legacy of the Vietnam War, by Robert D. Schulzinger 14. The Vietnam Syndrome, by George C. Herring List of Contributors Index
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Columbia University Press Women as Weapons of War
Book SynopsisEver since Eve tempted Adam with her apple, women have been regarded as a corrupting and destructive force. This book reveals how the media and the administration frequently use metaphors of weaponry to describe women and female sexuality and forge a deliberate link between notions of vulnerability and images of violence.Trade ReviewStraightforward and provocative... Recommended. CHOICE Women as Weapons of War is rich and fascinating and stands as an example of how philosophical analysis can enrich our political self-understanding. -- Serene J. Khader philoSOPHIATable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll 1 Women-The Secret Weapon of Modern Warfare? 19 Sexual Freedom as Global Freedom? 47 Perpetual War, Real Live Coverage! 67 Innocence, Vulnerability, and Violence 109 Conclusion: Witnessing Ethics Again 151 Notes 167 Texts Cited 185 Index 195
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Columbia University Press Women as Weapons of War
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewStraightforward and provocative... Recommended. CHOICE Women as Weapons of War is rich and fascinating and stands as an example of how philosophical analysis can enrich our political self-understanding. -- Serene J. Khader philoSOPHIATable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll 1 Women-The Secret Weapon of Modern Warfare? 19 Sexual Freedom as Global Freedom? 47 Perpetual War, Real Live Coverage! 67 Innocence, Vulnerability, and Violence 109 Conclusion: Witnessing Ethics Again 151 Notes 167 Texts Cited 185 Index 195
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Columbia University Press Voices from Iraq A Peoples History 20032009
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOral history is a difficult genre to master, and by taking the works of Studs Terkel as his example, Mark Kukis has set the bar even higher. Yet he succeeds brilliantly, not only by the aptness and vividness of these accounts but also by his selection of the interviewees. -- Ali A. Allawi, former Minister of Finance, Defense, and Trade of Iraq, and senior visiting fellow at Princeton University Amid the looting and the blood-letting in Baghdad, Mark Kukis salvages some treasures. Voices from Iraq is like nothing we've seen yet in the writing on the war--the stories of everyday survival weave a tapestry both illuminating and haunting. No serious study of the invasion and occupation can do without this book. -- Quil Lawrence, former NPR Baghdad Bureau chief and author of Invisible Nation: How the Kurds' Quest for Statehood Is Shaping Iraq and the Middle East An eloquent, well-selected narrative of the Iraqi invasion and devastating aftermath.Kirkus Reviews Kirkus Reviews A moving account of the impact of war and occupation on ordinary people. -- Glenn C. Altschuler Minneapolis Star Tribune This book is necessary reading for any serious practitioner or student of small wars. -- Michael Few Small Wars JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction A Note on Civilian Casualties Part One The Sanctity of Guns and Shrines Ra'ad Obaeid Hussein Ahmed Abu Ali An Army in Defeat Gassan Abdul Wahed Ined Baha'a Nouri Yasseen Hussein al-Awadie Mohammed Khalil Hamed The Roads of Falling Cities Rahma Abdul Kareem Abbas Mohammed Abbas Abdul al-Hur Farid Hadi Abdul Zahra Ali al-Shaheen Tahseen al-Shaikhli A Guest for Mr. Axe Ali Abdul Majid Home No More Abdul Hadi Isma'il Hitting Back Omar Yousef Hussein Part Two An End to Exile Ayad Allawi Mithal al-Alusi The Coming of a War Within Abu Mustapha Azhar Abdul-Karim Abdul-Wahab Ahmed Ibrahim Abdul Wahab Ka'ab Zuhir Ahmed Saman Dlawer Hussein Old Foes Mohammed Ra'ad Ahmed The Edge of Battles Hayder Hamid Jawad Luay Ali Hussein Adel Rasheed Majeed A Saying About Luck Abdul Wahab Fuad Abdul Wahab Part Three A New Order Ali Jawad Kadhem Saddam Hatif Hatim al-Jabouri Sami Hilali Hayfa Kareem Sabi'a Rasim Hassan Haikel Moving Days Khail Ibrahim al-Nasir Um Omar Ibrahim Ishmael Khalil Yousef Aboud Ahmed and Anham Muhana Hasoon Ali Ibrahim Baher Khalid Adnan Khalid The Price of Sons Zaid Allwan Jafar Salim Kamel Shawal Questions and Answers Moustafa Ahmed al-Ta'ee Part Four The Mouths of Soldiers Sajad al-Hakim Wissam al-Rashied Saif Majeed al-Ta'ee A Visit to the Temple Hussein Radhi Zuboon House to House Captain Emad Zahra Ech'daf Sangur and Fackria Zugai'er Khata Paths to Safety Maysoon Mahdi Usra J'bara Hadi The Face of a Savior Ali Mohammed Hial Waking Up Sheik Hamid al-Hais Sheik Ahmed Buzai Abu Risha and Sheik Abdul Sattar Abu Risha Sheik Mustafa Kamil Hamad Shabeeb al-Jabouri Ahmed Basim Mohammed al-Abaje Laughing to Bucca Ra'ad Jamal Habib Part Five Keeping to the Neighborhood Ali Fahed Mahmood Less Than Whole Ali'a Anwer Majid Rana Abdul Mahdi Beloveds Lost and Found Maysoon Jahil Obeid Shiek Jamal Jassim Sudani Rajiha Jihad Jassim Entasar Abud Tahan Salma Hamid The Makings of Another Life Hamida Rahdi Salah Hassan Risn Badr al-Ruba'i Ala'a Alzobeidi Hayder Mohammed Jodah Salah Hamid Jasim Hassan Ali Acknowledgments
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Columbia University Press Under Siege
Book SynopsisUnder Siege is Rashid Khalidi’s firsthand account of the 1982 Lebanon War and the complex negotiations for the evacuation of the P.L.O. from Beirut.Trade ReviewA gold-mine of empirical evidence and insights for students of decision-making under crisis. Khalidi is first and foremost an involved historian... [his] work is a much needed and welcome contribution to the modern literature on Middle Eastern history and politics. -- Fawaz A. Gerges Bulletin (British Society for Middle Eastern Studies) Khalidi presents an objective and closely reasoned analysis of the defeat of the P.L.O. and its allies. The study reveals the effect of battlefield events on the complex quadrilateral diplomacy between the P.L.O., the Lebanese government, the U.S. and Israel. Publishers Weekly A unique perspective on PLO decisionmaking not available in materials previously published by Israeli and Western writers. Middle East Journal A first-rate study. Foreign Affairs Khalidi is eloquent and judicious... The reader is rewarded with many insights into guerilla warfare... equally valuable and compelling are his sketches of how military peace-keeping failed because of American diplomatic naivete. Under Siege is painful to read. It is also essential. Military Affairs Khalidi's very thorough analysis will provide vital material for historians of this most futile and destructive of all wars between Israel and its Arab neighbors. International Affairs An extremely valuable analysis of how and why the P.L.O. made the decisions it did during that fateful summer of 1982. For students of the Middle East, his generally objective, lucid and incisive account of P.L.O. decisionmaking fills a critical void in the literature about the Israeli invasion. -- Thomas L. Friedman The New York Times [An] important study. -- Ibrahim Abu-Lughod Journal of Palestine StudiesTable of ContentsPreface to the 2014 Reissue Preface Introduction 1. The P.L.O. and the Lebanese Before the 1982 War 2. The Fall of South Lebanon and the Siege of Beirut: A Military Overview 3. P.L.O. Decisions: The Military Inputs 4. June 1982: The Decision to Leave Beirut 5. July 1982: The Decision to Accept the Habib Plan 6. Wartime Decisions and Their Consequences Appendix List of Abbreviations Cast of Characters Notes Bibliography Supplementary Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Homecomings
Book SynopsisHomecomings tells the story of late-returning Japanese soldiers and their struggle to adapt to a newly peaceful and prosperous society.Trade ReviewA bracing, riveting, and lucid retelling of postwar Japanese culture, Homecomings is the best kind of cultural history, capturing the mesh of experience, memory, history, and representation. The book reveals the psychic and ethical complexities of the lives of soldiers who returned to a defeated nation. It shows how postwar Japanese culture was created out of those experiences and how they were narrated and represented across culture in writing, photography, and film. -- Alan Tansman, director, Townsend Center of the Humanities, University of California, Berkeley Homecomings tells the stories of six repatriated Japanese soldiers. Yoshikuni Igarashi shows how Japan's mass media represented these men and how they grappled with their media images. By focusing on returnees from the immediate postwar years as well as those from the 1970s, Igarashi tells a rich story of the decades-long struggle of the Japanese people to come to terms with the awful experience of the war. -- Andrew Gordon, Harvard University As masterfully recounted by Yoshikuni Igarashi, these stories of Japanese soldiers who returned home years (and sometimes decades) after 1945 are revealing, sometimes heartbreaking and often confounding, and thoroughly fascinating. Homecomings details how servicemen belatedly repatriated from Soviet labor camps and Southeast Asian and Pacific Island jungles could become both painful reminders and powerful icons in a postwar Japan eager to distance itself from and mythologize a deeply troubled past. -- Bill Tsutsui, president and professor of history, Hendrix College Homecomings is a brilliant cultural history of mass-mediated negotiations of Japan's 'postwar' from the 1940s through the 1970s and beyond. Yoshikuni Igarashi brings close and sympathetic attention to the ironies, hypocrisies, and inconsistencies that colored the landscape of reintegration after Japan's disastrous empire and war. -- Franziska Seraphim, Boston College A remarkable, detailed study of life in Japan and all countries in Asia involved in WW II and its aftermath... Recommended. Choice The author deftly examines the conflict between the need for returnees to verbalize their experiences and the government's attempt to smother the past, burying the legacies of war and colonialism under a newer, brighter postwar narrative. Japan TimesTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Note on Personal Names and Names of War Introduction 1. Life After the War: Former Servicemen in Postwar Japanese Film 2. The Story of a Man Who Was Not Allowed to Come Home: Gomikawa Junpei and The Human Condition (Ningen no joken) 3. Longing for Home: Japanese POWs in Soviet Captivity and Their Repatriation 4. "No Denunciation": Ishihara Yoshiro's Soviet Internment Experiences 5. Lost and Found in the South Pacific: Postwar Japan's Mania Over Yokoi Shoichi's Return 6. Rescued from the Past: Onoda Hiro'o's Endless War 7. The Homecoming of the "Last Japanese Soldier": Nakamura Teruo/Shiniyuwu/Li Guanghui's Postwar Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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Columbia University Press Homecomings
Book SynopsisHomecomings tells the story of late-returning Japanese soldiers and their struggle to adapt to a newly peaceful and prosperous society. Yoshikuni Igarashi explores what Japanese society accepted and rejected, complicating the definition of a postwar consensus and prolonging the experience of war for both Japanese soldiers and the nation.Trade ReviewA bracing, riveting, and lucid retelling of postwar Japanese culture, Homecomings is the best kind of cultural history, capturing the mesh of experience, memory, history, and representation. The book reveals the psychic and ethical complexities of the lives of soldiers who returned to a defeated nation. It shows how postwar Japanese culture was created out of those experiences and how they were narrated and represented across culture in writing, photography, and film. -- Alan Tansman, director, Townsend Center of the Humanities, University of California, BerkeleyHomecomings tells the stories of six repatriated Japanese soldiers. Yoshikuni Igarashi shows how Japan's mass media represented these men and how they grappled with their media images. By focusing on returnees from the immediate postwar years as well as those from the 1970s, Igarashi tells a rich story of the decades-long struggle of the Japanese people to come to terms with the awful experience of the war. -- Andrew Gordon, Harvard UniversityAs masterfully recounted by Yoshikuni Igarashi, these stories of Japanese soldiers who returned home years (and sometimes decades) after 1945 are revealing, sometimes heartbreaking and often confounding, and thoroughly fascinating. Homecomings details how servicemen belatedly repatriated from Soviet labor camps and Southeast Asian and Pacific Island jungles could become both painful reminders and powerful icons in a postwar Japan eager to distance itself from and mythologize a deeply troubled past. -- Bill Tsutsui, president and professor of history, Hendrix CollegeHomecomings is a brilliant cultural history of mass-mediated negotiations of Japan's 'postwar' from the 1940s through the 1970s and beyond. Yoshikuni Igarashi brings close and sympathetic attention to the ironies, hypocrisies, and inconsistencies that colored the landscape of reintegration after Japan's disastrous empire and war. -- Franziska Seraphim, Boston CollegeThe author deftly examines the conflict between the need for returnees to verbalize their experiences and the government's attempt to smother the past, burying the legacies of war and colonialism under a newer, brighter postwar narrative. * Japan Times *This eloquent volume will no doubt become a work to which diverse audiences— scholars, students, and general readers with an interest in the complex events of the past—will turn repeatedly to draw lessons about modern Japan’s pained relationship with the vestiges of its failed empire. * Pacific Affairs *Homecomings adds rich substance to history. * Asian Affairs *A remarkable, detailed study of life in Japan and all countries in Asia involved in WWII and its aftermath. . . . Recommended. * Choice *The great strength of Homecomings is its discerning analysis of how antiwar memories have been mediated in the postwar period. It is best suited for advanced undergraduates and graduate students with some grounding in the historiography of imperial Japan and postcolonial topics like repatriation. -- Kristine Dennehy, California State University–Fullerton * Michigan War Studies Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsNote on Personal Names and Names of WarIntroduction1. Life After the War: Former Servicemen in Postwar Japanese Film2. The Story of a Man Who Was Not Allowed to Come Home: Gomikawa Junpei and The Human Condition (Ningen no joken)3. Longing for Home: Japanese POWs in Soviet Captivity and Their Repatriation4. "No Denunciation": Ishihara Yoshiro's Soviet Internment Experiences5. Lost and Found in the South Pacific: Postwar Japan's Mania Over Yokoi Shoichi's Return6. Rescued from the Past: Onoda Hiro'o's Endless War7. The Homecoming of the "Last Japanese Soldier": Nakamura Teruo/Shiniyuwu/Li Guanghui's PostwarEpilogueNotesBibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press Terror Flyers The Lynching of American Airmen in
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn Terror Flyers , military historian Kevin Hall (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) offers a well researched and detailed study of incidents of Lynchjustiz (lynch justice) against US airmen in Nazi Germany during World War II. Earlier literature long ago identified the violence against some US Air Corps crew members who were forced to bail out over Germany. Hall uses several new sources to prove the number of such cases was much larger than previously thought, with a focus on the culpability of both civilians and the National Socialist regime * Michigan War Studies Review *Terror Flyers brings to light a less-known history and integrates a psycho-social analysis of Germany's Nazis, both civilian and official, and the dastardly punishment they meted out to several downed Allied flyers by ignoring their injuries, physically assaulting them, and then simply killing them. -- Sheldon Goldberg * H-TGS *Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of ChartsList of TablesAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Uninvited Guests: Experiences Of Downed Airmen2. American "Terror Flyers" In German Propagandaiii3. The History And Escalation Of Lynchjustiz In Germany4. Analysis Of The Flyer Trials5. Lynchjustiz Narratives6. Examining The Motives Of LynchjustizConclusionAppendix A—Lynchjustiz DocumentsAppendix B—Newspaper ExamplesAppendix C—Index Of Flyer TrialsAppendix D—Unsolved CasesAppendix E—List Of Known Airmen Held At St. Giles PrisonAppendix F—List of Known Airmen held in PrisonsBibliographyIndex
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