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The University of Alabama Press Tattered Kimonos in Japan
Book SynopsisExamines the meaning and impact of World War II through the eyes of Japanese men and women who survived that conflict.Trade Review“The writing in Tattered Kimonos is graceful, never precious, forced, or labored. In presenting these stories, observations, insights, and acts, Robert Rand brings about the remembering of a war that, in turn, makes that war real."—Donald Anderson, author of Quagmire: Personal Stories from Iraq
£26.96
University of Alabama Press Nightmare on Iwo Jima A Marine in Combat Fire Ant Books
Book SynopsisA marine's account of the human aspects of combat.Trade ReviewAlthough compact and brief, the book eloquently describes the horrors of the World War II battle for Iwo Jima... from such a nightmare Caruso manages to build a significant literary memorial, a clear and lasting picture of a handful of fighting Marines. - Norman N. Brown, Associated Press ""A tale of individual struggles as fresh and crisp as if the battles occurred yesterday... Caruso describes the island's terrain of hot, dark volcanic ash so soft and fine that foxholes could be dug by hand. He tells of the hidden enemy gun emplacements that brought fire to every inch of the island and the terrible price paid in casualties to find and then destroy them. Gripping... without pretense or embellishment."" - Leatherneck
£16.10
The University of Alabama Press A World in Flames A Concise Military History of
Book SynopsisProvides information on who did what in World War II, and where and when did it take place.Trade ReviewA well-written concise account of the military operations of the war. - American Historical Review ""Recommended for those who want to know more about the war in general; a good short survey."" - America in the Twentieth Century, Fifth Edition ""The best short history of World War II."" - Dr. Richard H. Kohn, Omar N. Bradley Chair of Strategic Leadership, Dickinson College/U.S. Army War College, and former Chief of Air Force History and President of the Society for Military History
£30.56
The University of Alabama Press Second Front Now 1943 An Opportunity Delayed
Trade Review"The author does present a credible challenge to the widely and possibly erroneously held assumption that an invasion of France in 1943 would have failed. What distinguishes Second Front Now from previous examinations... is Dunn's analysis of Allied and German resources. A significant and provocative work that will be essential reading." - History: Review of New Books "Dunn believes that German-occupied France was open to invasion in 1943 if only the Western Allies has the vision, discipline, and audacity to take the gamble. Dunn is particularly effective in comparing potential Allied strength against the weak German defenses in France.... [A] provocative and interesting book [that] forces us to rethink the way the war was fought and to assess the effectiveness of the great war leaders." - St. Louis Globe-Democrat "Dunn cogently argues that the Allies were capable of launching and sustaining a cross-Channel attack in 1943, but that it was delayed for political reasons.... Dunn thoroughly criticizes the Mediterranean strategy as a waste of resources, compares Allied and Nazi units and equipment, and discusses the landing-craft controversy. An important study." - Library Journal"
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The University of Alabama Press Twentythree Minutes to Eternity
Trade Review"On November 24, 1943, the day before Thanksgiving, with the turkeys actually thawing in the galley, the American escort carrier USS Liscome Bay was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine as she steamed off shore in support of the American invasion of the Gilbert Islands. Noles has reconstructed life on board ship and, especially, the events of the 23 minutes from torpedo to sinking. The accounts are almost all heroic. Men saved others, helped their shipmates, sacrificed their own safety and even their own lives for their buddies. Rear Adm. Henry M. Mullinax and the ship's commanding officer, Captain Irving T. Wiltsie, went down with the ship." - The Anniston Star "Spellbinding.... [Not only does] Noles adroitly tell the story of the men whose paths crossed the Liscome Bay's decks, but he also deals with a number of background and tangential issues, such as CVEs in general, how and why they were made, their utility for the war effort, Japanese submarine operations, and naval aviation operations." - Military History of the West "A highly readable account of the short life of the USS Liscome Bay. Based on interviews with surviving crew members and an unpublished memoir of the ship's paymaster, the account makes for compelling reading,... of interest to military historians and general readers alike." - History"
£23.36
University of Alabama Press Montgomery in the Good War Portrait of a Southern City 19391946 Fire Ant Books
Book SynopsisOffers a richly textured account of a southern city and its people during World War II. Using newspaper accounts, interviews, letters, journals, and his own memory of the time, Wesley Newton reconstructs wartime-era Montgomery, Alabama - a sleepy southern capital that was transformed irreversibly during World War II.
£26.96
University of Alabama Press The Naval Air War in Korea
Book Synopsis“In The Naval Air War in Korea, Dr. Hallion has captured the fact, feeling, and fancy of a very important conflict in aviation history, including the highly significant facets of the transition from piston to jet-propelled combat aircraft.”—Norman Polmar, author of Naval Institute Guide to the Ships and Aircraft of the U.S. Fleet, 18th Edition
£26.96
University of Alabama Press Pattons Pawns The 94th US Infantry Division at the Siegfried Line
£30.56
The University of Alabama Press Valor and Courage
Book SynopsisUsing archival materials, dozens of oral histories, primary sources, and official records, Benjamin Hruska traces the life of the Block Island from the CVE 21's construction through its missions in the Atlantic, its work as an antisubmarine hunter, its destruction, and the lasting impact of those experiences on its crew.
£23.36
University of Pittsburgh Press Bandits and Partisans The Antonov Movement in the Russian Civil War Russian and East European Studies
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University of Pittsburgh Press Magnetic Woman Toyen and the Surrealist Erotic Russian and East European Studies
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University of Pittsburgh Press Victory Banner Over the Reichstag Film Document and Ritual in Russias Contested Memory of World War II Russian and East European Studies
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University of Pittsburgh Press Writing the Siege of Leningrad
Book SynopsisWriting the Siege of Leningrad tells of women's experiences keeping the city alive and functioning during the 900 day Siege of Leningrad. Utilizing the words and descriptions of these women, Cynthia Simmons and Nina Perlina tell the story of a previously overlooked section of the population.Trade ReviewStands at the forefront of a new genre of historical literature that strips away the veneer of censorship and propaganda that so dominated historical works of the Soviet era to present a starker and more accurate portrait of Soviet life during World War II. This inspiring, often depressing, but intensely human portrait of suffering, deprivation, and survival stands as a monument to the resilience of the human spirit." —David M. Glantz, author of The Siege of Leningrad 1941-1944: 900 Days of Terror"Indispensable for all who take an interest in Russia, its literature, the history of the twentieth century, and women's studies." —Choice"As historian Richard Bidlack notes in his excellent introduction..., historical literature on the blockade has rarely attempted 'to define female perspectives on the siege and to trace those perspectives through a number of firsthand accounts.' [This] collection of diaries, memoirs, oral histories, and fiction, which focus on the 'small stories' of individual Leningrad women, seeks to fill this void." —Women's Review of Books"The Siege of Leningrad contains some of the darkest history of World War II. The German Army, unable to complete a direct assault on the city, resorted to a 900-day blockade during which approximately a million civilians died. Most of the men and boys were sacrificed to the war effort, leaving mainly women and children to endure the horrors of extreme deprivation caused by the blockade.... In winter, most citizens lived without heat as temperatures fell to 40 degrees below zero. Grass and leaves, along with glue and anything leather, were the staples of their diet, as all dogs and cats had long ago been eaten. Cannibalism saved many from starving. A very touching account of these women's remarkable accomplishments." —Library Journal
£42.63
University of Pittsburgh Press Exile and Identity
Book SynopsisKatherine Jolluck tells the story of thousands of Polish women exiled to the Soviet Union in 1939-41, and examines the ways in which their efforts to maintain their identities as respectable women and patriotic Poles helped them survive.
£42.75
University of Missouri Press Few Returned
Book SynopsisThis account of the bitter fighting on the Russian front during World War II is told through the eyes of one former officer in the Italian army. His diary is of his experiences during the month it took the troops to break through the Russian line to freedom, and it is already a classic in Italy.
£26.55
University of Missouri Press Spaniards and Nazi Germany
Book SynopsisUsing recently declassified documents from Spain and the United States, personal interviews and unpublished and published Spanish, German, British and US records, this work seeks to make a significant contribution to the understanding of Hispano-German relations during the 1930s and 1940s.
£52.20
University of Missouri Press The Last Soldiers of the King
Book SynopsisIn this sequel to ""Few Returned"", Eugenio Corti continues his poignant account of his experiences as an Italian soldier in World War II. In 1943, after repeated military defeats, Mussolini was forced to resign and Italy joined the Allies. In this text, Corti recounts his experiences of those days.
£25.60
University of Missouri Press Weapons for Victory
Book SynopsisWeapons for Victory originally appeared in 1995, the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II. Now, in this paperback edition, Robert James Maddox provides a new introduction about the ongoing controversy related to the decision to bomb Hiroshima.Trade ReviewMaddox has written one of the more level-headed critiques of the use of atomic bombs to end the Pacific War....This is a well-written and significant book.-Pacific Historical Review; ""[Maddox's] research is exhaustive, his logic is admirable, and his account is utterly convincing.... This is a good overview of how the decision was made to enter the atomic age. It is thorough, readable, accurate, and most welcome.""-Florida Historical Quarterly; ""Maddox has written a lean, well-focused, and tightly argued volume seen largely from the standpoint of American leaders who influenced the President's decision. The book is carefully documented and has a useful bibliography.""-Parameters; ""Maddox has written a concise history of the American decision to drop nuclear bombs in Japan in August 1945....Certainly, this is a book to be reckoned with.""-Choice; ""A vigorous defender of the traditional interpretation, namely, that the use of the bomb was inevitable in view of the war up to that point and necessary in view of Japanese internal politics, Maddox brings to bear considerable scholarly research. He is particularly scathing in documenting the errors of revisionists in handling historical evidence. A concise and convincing study.""-Foreign Affairs; ""Offers a clear overview of the events leading up to Hiroshima and the immediate aftermath. Maddox excels at setting context and identifying precise chronology, both vital in good diplomatic history.""-Newsday-Fanfare; ""Contrary to the arguments made by revisionist historians, Maddox shows that, based on the information available to Truman and American military leaders at the time, the dropping of the atomic bombs appeared a military necessity....[Maddox] makes a well-reasoned contribution to the scholarly debate that reminds us of the political context in which Truman actually made his decision.""-Kirkus Reviews
£21.80
University of Missouri Press The EighteenYearOld Replacement
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University of Missouri Press The First Infantry Division and the U.S. Army
Book SynopsisExplains the history of the 1st infantry Division from 1970 to 1991. In doing so, Gregory Fontenot’s fast-paced narrative includes elements to expand the knowledge of non-military readers. These elements include a glossary, a key to abbreviations, maps, nearly two dozen photographs, and thorough bibliography.Trade ReviewA fine and comprehensive portrait of a division in combat during the last American war of the 20th century."" - Rick Atkinson, author of The Guns in Last Light Table of Contents The First infantry Division and the U.S. Army Transformed Maps Note to the Reader Foreword Acknowledgments Preface Introduction Chapter 1: Coming Home Chapter 2: Victory in the Cold War Chapter 3: Saddam Hussein Moves South Chapter 4: Getting There: Planes, Trains, and the Jolly Rubino Chapter 5: Heading For the Badlands Chapter 6: Alarums and Excursions: First Contact with the Enemy Chapter 7: Cue the Curtain: First Battles and Battlefield Preparation Chapter 8: Once More into the Breach Chapter 9: The March Up Country Chapter 10: Fright Night: The Attack on Objective Norfolk Chapter 11: Go for the Blue: The Way Home Chapter 12: Safwan and Home Abbreviations and Acronyms Glossary Bibliography
£40.80
University of Missouri Press The Forgotten Generation
Book SynopsisThe struggles endured by American civilians during the Second World War are well documented, but accounts of the war years have mostly deliberated on the grown-ups' sacrifices. In The Forgotten Generation, Lisa Ossian explores the war's full implications for the lives of children.Trade ReviewLisa Ossian's book is a serious contribution to the literature on childhood. Through wide research and a careful reading of the literature on World War II and on children in war, she provides a valuable addition to our understanding of both."" - Paula S. Fass, author of Children of a New World: Society, Culture, and Globalization""The pioneering studies by Susan Hartmann, John Jeffries, and Allan Winkler offer important insights about the American home front during the Second World War. Lisa L. Ossian's study is a welcome addition to this collection because it adds insights about the lives of children in this volatile period. Americans who grew up during the war were a generation sandwiched between the so-called Greatest Generation and the Baby Boomers. Their lives deserve the careful and sensitive attention Lisa Ossian provides in this important study."" - Kriste Lindenmeyer, author of The Greatest Generation Grows Up: American Childhood in the 1930s
£22.75
Liverpool University Press The Civilian in War The Home Front in Europe
Book SynopsisA collection of essays by specialist authors covering both belligerent and occupied countries: Britain, Germany, the United States, the former Soviet Union, Japan, Italy, Poland, France and the Netherlands.Trade Review... A gem of a book for students ... O.U.NewsletterTable of Contents List of Contributors 1. Introduction - Jeremy Noakes 2. Britain - Andrew Thorpe 3. Germany - Jeremy Noakes 4. The Soviet Union - Mark Harrison 5. The United States - Neil A. Wynn 6. Japan - Ian Nish 7 . Italy - Toby Abse 8. The Netherlands - Bob Moore 9. Poland - Joanna Hanson 10. France - J.C. Simmonds and H. Footitt Further Reading Index
£29.69
Michigan State University Press To Tilt at Windmills Memoir of the Spanish Civil War A Memoir of the Spanish Civil War
Book SynopsisTo Tilt at Windmills is the memoir of Briton Fred Thomas who served with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War (July 1936-March 1939).
£42.26
MP-KST Kent State Uni Above the Thunder Reminiscences of a Field
Book SynopsisA memoir that recalls flying multiple patrols over enemy-held territory in his light unarmored plane, calling and coordinating artillery strikes. It is suitable for military historians as well as general readers.
£24.71
East European Monographs Sowing the Seeds of Hatred AntiJewish Laws and
Book SynopsisWhy was it that Hungarian society ignored the dangers threatening Jews in Europe, including Hungary? Janos Pelle looks for answers in contemporary and modern literature in the psychology and contrasts theories in operation at those tragic times with current information.Trade ReviewHistorians who tackle this question in the future will certainly take Janos Pelle's fascinating book as their point of departure. -- Paul Hanebrink Austrian Studies Newsletter
£35.70
East European Monographs The Second Vienna Award and the HungarianRomanian
Book SynopsisThis study examines the direct political and diplomatic antecedents, circumstances and consequences of the Second Vienna Award. It focuses on the development of the bilateral relations and the minority issues until the time of the Romanian breakaway from the war, August 23, 1944. The author sought to include a broad base of sources of Hungarian and Romanian archives, the available diplomatic collection of documents, the Hungarian and foreign scientific literature, the press, and the memoirs of contemporary actors.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Origins of World War II
Book SynopsisMore than 60 years have passed since the outbreak of the most catastrophic conflict the world has known: 30 million people dead and unbelievable devastation. In the 3rd edition of this popular volume, Keith Eubank seeks answers to the questions that have plagued us: Why, after the ghastly ordeal of World War I did Western powers undervalue the threat from Hitler? Why was there so much reluctance on the part of Britain and France to confront Germany? Why had Germany been permitted to rearm and to occupy independent nations without a struggle? What was the policy of appeasement? Why did the appeasers fail to perceive Hitler''s intentions? In addition to a re-examination of these questions and an effort to dispel the enduring myths surrounding the history of this era, Keith Eubank has enhanced this new edition by including an analysis of the motivations and actions of central figures such as Neville Chamberlain and Joseph Stalin as well as a re-assessment of Soviet policies in the light oTable of ContentsPreface to the Third Edition ix 1. "PEACE," 1918-1933 1 November 11, 1918 1 The Treaty of Versailles 3 The League of Nations 13 French "Security" 16 German "Good Faith" 19 Economic Crisis 22 2. The Uneasy Peace, 1933-1935 25 Adolf Hitler 25 Rearmament and Disarmament 31 The Four-Power Pact 34 The Dollfuss Affair 35 Germany's Military Renaissance 36 The Franco-Soviet Pact 40 The Anglo-German Naval Agreement 43 3. Years of Crisis, 1935-1938 47 Mussolini and Ethiopia 47 Hitler in the Rhineland 56 The Popular Front and the Spanish Civil War 67 Appeasement and Appeasers 72 4. The Road to War, 1938 80 The Reichschancellery Meeting 80 The Anschluss 84 Crisis in Czechoslovakia 96 The Munich Conference 113 The End of Czechoslovakia 120 5. War, 1939 128 Danzig 128 Appeasement Fails 140 Conclusion 168 Bibliographical Essay 175 Index 191 Maps German Territorial Losses in Central Europe, 1919 5 Nazi Aggression in Central Europe, 1933-1939 108
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd European Home Fronts 1939 1945
Book SynopsisIn a book arranged in chapters which deal separately with the Home Fronts of each country, Beck is able to provide a comprehensive picture of the effects of the world''s only ''total war'' upon the civilians who often faced bewilderment, fear, death, and destruction all around them. Beck considers the effects of bombing and sometimes actual fighting in the streets and towns in which people lived, and the policies of individual governments that attempted to encourage and retain support for the war effort in varying ways.Table of ContentsForeword vii Introduction xi 1. Great Britain: The Islands Fortress 1 The Appeasement Era 1 Churchill Becomes Britain’s War Leader 6 The Battle of Britain 9 Other British Cities Attacked 12 The First American Moves Toward Alliance 13 The Days of Austerity 14 American Troops in Britain 17 Preparations for the Invasion of the Continent 19 2. The Soviet Union 23 Rapidity of German Conquests 26 Stalin’s “Patriotic War” 28 The Years of Defeat: 1941-1942 29 The Role of Allied Aid 34 Fall 1942: The Tide Begins to Turn 35 3. France: Under The German Heel 40 Political and Economic Chaos 41 Military Incompetence and Disastrous Defeat 43 The Nature of the Vichy Regime 47 The German Occupation 49 Hostages and Forced Labor 51 The Great Misery of Paris 53 The Resistance 54 De Gaulle’s Move to Leadership 57 The Reminder of France Occupied 59 The Fighting French 60 4. The Axis Powers: Germany and Italy 65 German Military Spirit 65 Did the German Public Want War? 67 Problems with the Churches 69 The Invasion of Russia 70 Domestic Shortages 73 Bad News from the Battle Fronts 74 Firestorms in Hamburg 75 The Final Solution 77 Horrors of the Last Days 78 The Italians at War 79 Declining Popular Support for Mussolini 81 Military Blunders and Defeats 82 The Fall of Mussolini 84 The Neo-Fascist Regime 86 The Allied Campaign in Italy 88 5. Poland and the Holocaust 93 The Destruction of Poland 94 Governments in Exile 97 The Final Solution in Poland 99 The Warsaw Uprising 102 6. Other Home Fronts 105 Presumed Aryan States: The Low Countries and Scandinavia 105 The Fate of Czechoslovakia 116 Fire in the Balkans 122 Postscript 133 Bibliographical Essay 137 Index 151
£18.00
Pippin Publishing Corporation Last Enemy the Commemorative Ed.
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MP-MTB University of Manitoba Press Two Years Below the Horn Operation Tabarin Field Science and Antarctic Sovereingty
Book SynopsisVividly recounts the author’s experiences and accomplishments during Operation Tabarin, a landmark British expedition to Antarctica to establish sovereignty and conduct science during the Second World War. This book will appeal to readers interested in history of polar exploration, science and sovereignty. It also sheds light on a distant theatre of the Second World War.Trade ReviewThis important book offers discussion about a man whose accomplishments were ignored for far too long. Heidt and Lackenbauer's grasp of the existing literature is extraordinary, their judgements are prudent, and the story is fascinating""—Galen Perras, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Ottawa.
£28.46
MP-TAM Texas A&M University Greenlands Icy Fury
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MP-TTU Texas Tech University Uphill Battle
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to World War I
Book SynopsisA Companion to the First World War brings together a team of distinguished historians from 10 countries who contribute 38 substantial and thought-provoking chapters. In addition to covering the military history of the war and the individual states involved, contributors explore major themes such as war crimes, occupations, film, and gender.Trade ReviewSelected as CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title for 2011 - 3.01.12 'The recipe for this volume's success is simple: take 30 or so of today's leading specialists, provide them with five broad categories in which to articulate their understanding of this conflict, insist that bibliography be a priority, and oversee the project with a scholar who is himself a respected, widely published authority. The book's 38 essays are grouped to treat five aspects of the struggle: origins, conduct, culture, a survey of the major individual states involved, and a finale that treats the peace conference and the war's aftermath....[A] superb one-stop portal into the period.' Choice 'Horne is to be congratulated for editing such a disparate group of essays into a cohesive whole'. Reviews in History 'This substantial and comprehensive work is an important contribution to the literature of a conflict central to the history of the modern world.' Reference Reviews 'In its scope, its detail and the quality of scholarship and writing, this book certainly fulfils the aims of the Blackwell Companions in presenting up-to-date research in a way that is accessible for both those studying the subject and those with a general interest . It will provide both with a useful resource, but is perhaps most effective as a resource used by students on courses dealing with the war or modern conflicts more broadly, providing potted histories of important aspects of the Great War across the globe. The attention given to fronts other than France and Flanders, and nations other than those that fought there, is both laudable and effective, a useful corrective the Euro-centrism that often affects English-language works on the Great War.' H-Soz-u-KultTable of ContentsList of Maps viii Notes on Contributors ix Editor's Acknowledgments xv Introduction xvi John Horne PART I ORIGINS 1 1 The War Imagined: 1890–1914 3 Gerd Krumeich 2 The War Explained: 1914 to the Present 19 John F. V. Keiger PART II THE MILITARY CONFLICT 33 3 The War Experienced: Command, Strategy, and Tactics, 1914–18 35 Hew Strachan 4 War in the West, 1914–16 49 Holger H. Herwig 5 War in the East and Balkans, 1914–18 66 Dennis Showalter 6 The Italian Front, 1915–18 82 Giorgio Rochat 7 The Turkish War, 1914–18 97 Ulrich Trumpener 8 The War in Africa 112 David Killingray 9 War in the West, 1917–18 127 Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson 10 The War at Sea 141 Paul G. Halpern 11 The War in the Air 156 John H. Morrow, Jr. PART III FACES OF WAR 171 12 Combat 173 Stéphane Audoin-Rouzeau 13 Combatants and Noncombatants: Atrocities, Massacres, and War Crimes 188 Alan Kramer 14 War Aims and Neutrality 202 Jean-Jacques Becker 15 Industrial Mobilization and War Economies 217 Theo Balderston 16 Faith, Ideologies, and the “Cultures of War” 234 Annette Becker 17 Demography 248 Jay Winter 18 Women and Men 263 Susan R. Grayzel 19 Public Opinion and Politics 279 John Horne 20 Military Medicine 295 Sophie Delaporte 21 Science and Technology 307 Anne Rasmussen 22 Intellectuals and Writers 323 Christophe Prochasson 23 The Visual Arts 338 Annette Becker 24 Film and the War 353 Pierre Sorlin PART IV STATES, NATIONS, AND EMPIRES 369 25 Austria-Hungary and “Yugoslavia” 371 Mark Cornwall 26 Belgium 386 Sophie de Schaepdrijver 27 Britain and Ireland 403 Adrian Gregory 28 France 418 Leonard V. Smith 29 Germany 432 Gerhard Hirschfeld 30 German-Occupied Eastern Europe 447 Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius 31 Italy 464 Antonio Gibelli 32 Russia 479 Eric Lohr 33 The Ottoman Empire 494 Hamit Bozarslan 34 The United States 508 Jennifer D. Keene 35 The French and British Empires 524 Robert Aldrich and Christopher Hilliard PART V LEGACIES 541 36 The Peace Settlement, 1919–39 543 Carole Fink 37 War after the War: Conflicts, 1919–23 558 Peter Gatrell 38 Mourning and Memory, 1919–45 576 Laurence Van Ypersele Select Primary Sources 591 Extended Bibliography 601 Index 634
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Vietnam
Book SynopsisIn Vietnam, Gary R. Hess describes and evaluates the main arguments of scholars, participants, and journalists, both revisionist and orthodox in their approach, as they try to answer fundamental questions of the Vietnam War. Clearly examines the historiography of the Vietnam War Questions whether the Vietnam War was lost due to poor strategy and leadership, or was inherently doomed to failure Includes a bibliographic essay which complements the literature discussed in the text Trade Review“This is a book one will wish to assign to students: it lays out, with enviable clarity, what is at stake, what evidence exists for reaching a judgment, what various historians have concluded on the basis of the evidence they use and/or ignore, and Hess's own position on the matter. Because he is an honest historian, Hess does not pretend to be neutral.” (International History Review, June 2009) "[Hess] has simply provided the best general overview of the literature on the Vietnam War that has been written to date." (Review of Politics, March 2009) A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year "Gary Hess’s new book is a survey of the scholarship on the Vietnam War which pits this revisionist historiography (the so-called ‘winnable’ war tradition) against the more numerous orthodox historiography (the ‘unwinnable’ war tradition) ... .[The book is] an enormously stimulating volume which usefully organises the literature on thematic lines and clarifies the battle lines between the orthodox and revisionist schools." (Reviews in History, January 2009)Table of ContentsPreface ix 1 From the Streets to the Books: The Origins of an Enduring Debate 1 2 A Necessary War or a Mistaken War? 25 3 “Kennedy Exceptionalism” or “Missed Opportunity for Peace” or “Lost Victory?” – The Movement toward War, 1961-1965 50 4 The Revisionist Critique of the “Other War” – The Clausewitzian Alternative 84 5 The Revisionist Critique of the “Strategy for Defeat” – The Clausewitzian Alternative 84 6 The Media and the War: Shaping or Reflecting Public Opinion? 133 7 The Tet Offensive: A decisive American Victory or a Prolongation of Stalemate? 154 8 Nixon-Kissinger and the Ending of the War; A “Lost Victory” or “Neither Peace nor Honor?” 179 9 Conclusion 207 Bibliography 211 Index 214
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to the Vietnam War
Book SynopsisA Companion to the Vietnam War contains twenty-four definitive essays on America's longest and most divisive foreign conflict. It represents the best current scholarship on this controversial and influential episode in modern American history. * Highlights issues of nationalism, culture, gender, and race.Trade Review“Overall, this collection will inform and challenge readers, who will discover stimulating perspectives that deliver on Young and Buzzanco’s claims, comprising a welcome addition to the literature.” History: Reviews of New Books "The quality of the essays... make it an easy recommendation to those looking at the war." Journal of American Studies “This terrific collection of twenty-four original articles is as valuable for the teacher as for the student of the Vietnam War. The contributors, who universally rank among the foremost experts on both the War and Southeast Asian history, utilize diverse frameworks and diverse sources to produce diverse perspectives. Young and Buzzanco warrant praise and thanks for assembling a volume sure to become mandatory reading.” Richard Immerman, Temple University “These stimulating essays on both the Southeast Asian and American sides of the war contribute valuable new insights into old debates, such as presidential decisions, and leading-edge investigations into new issues, such as ethnicity, gender, and memory.” David L. Anderson, University of IndianapolisTable of ContentsAbout the Contributors viii Introduction xi 1 Hanoi’s Long Century 1Stein Tonnesson PART 1 THE VIETNAMESE IN CONTEXT 17 2 In Search of Ho Chi Minh 19William Duiker 3 Belated Asian Allies: The Technical and Military Contributions of Japanese Deserters (1945-50) 37Christopher E. Goscha 4 The Realities and Consequences of War in a Northern Vietnamese Commune 65Shaun Malarney 5 The My Tho Grapevine and the Sino-Soviet Split 79David Hunt 6 “Vietnam” as a Women’s War 93Karen G. Turner PART 11 THE AMERICANS IN SOUTHEAST ASIAN CONTEXT 113 7 Before the War: Legacies from the Early Twentieth Century in United States-Vietnam Relations 115Anne Foster 8 Franklin Roosevelt, Trusteeship, and US Exceptionalism: Reconsidering the American Vision of Postcolonial Vietnam 130Mark Bradley 9 Dreaming Different Dreams: The United States and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam 146Robert K. Bridham 10 JFK and the Myth of Withdrawal 162Edwin E. Moise 11 The Politics of Escalation in Vietnam During the Johnson Years 174Robert Buzzanco 12 A Casualty of War: The Break in American Relations with Cambodia, 1965 198Kenton Clymer 13 The Last Casualty? Richard Nixon and the End of the Vietnam War, 1969-75 229Lloyd Gardner 14 Remembering Nixon’s War 260Carolyn Eisenberg 15 America’s Secret War in Laos, 1955-75 283Alfred W McCoy PART 111 AMERICANS AT HOME AND ABROAD 315 16 Missing in Action in the Twenty-First Century 317Bruce Franklin 17 African Americans and the Vietnam War 333James Westheider 18 Mexican Americans and the Viet Nam War 348George Mariscal 19 “They’ll Forgive You for Anything Except Being Weak”: Gender and US Escalation in Vietnam 1961-65 367Robert Dean 20 The Antiwar Movement 384Barbara Tischler 21 The Veterans Antiwar Movement in Fact and Memory 403John Prados 22 Sanctuary!: A Bridge Between Civilian and GI Protest Against the Vietnam War 416Michael S. Foley 23 Knowledge at War: American Social Science and Vietnam 434Michael E. Latham 24 The War on Television: TV News, the Johnson Administration, and Vietnam 450Chester J Pach, Jr. Select Bibliography 470Compiled by Amy E. Blackwell Index 491
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Vietnam War
Book SynopsisThe Vietnam War is an outstanding collection of primary documents related to America''s conflict in Vietnam which includes a balance of original American and Vietnamese perspectives, providing a uniquely varied range of insights into both American and Vietnamese experiences. Includes substantial non-American content, including many original English translations of Vietnamese-authored texts which showcase the diversity and complexity of Vietnamese experiences during the war Contains original American documents germane to the continuing debates about the causes, consequences and morality of the US intervention Incorporates personal histories of individual Americans and Vietnamese Introductory headnotes place each document in context Features a range of non-textual documents, including iconic photographs and political cartoons Table of ContentsSeries Editors’ Preface x Acknowledgements xii Introduction xiii Chapter 1 Colonialism, Nationalism, and Communism 1 1.1 Tam Lang, I Pulled a Rickshaw (1932) 1 1.2 The Trial Testimony of Phan Boi Chau (1925) 5 1.3 Ho Chi Minh, The Path which Led Me to Leninism (1960) 7 1.4 Nguyen Ai Quoc (Ho Chi Minh), Appeal Made on the Occasion of the Founding of the Vietnamese Communist Party (1930) 9 1.5 Ho Chi Minh, The Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945) 11 Chapter 2 The First Indochina War and the Origins of American Involvement 15 2.1 Oral History of Xuan Vu, Viet Minh War Reporter and Propagandist (1987) 15 2.2 US Department of State Airgram on French–Vietnamese Relations (1946) 20 2.3 Truong Chinh, “We Struggle for Independence and Democracy” (1948) 22 2.4 US National Security Council, Report on the Position of the United States with Respect to Indochina (1950) 26 2.5 Robert Blum, Telegram on US Economic Aid to France in Indochina (1951) 29 2.6 Memorandum of a Conversation with President Eisenhower about Dien Bien Phu (1954) 31 2.7 Final Declaration of the Geneva Conference (1954) 32 Chapter 3 The Two Vietnams 37 3.1 Col. Edward G. Lansdale, Report on the activities of the Saigon Military Mission (1955) 37 3.2 Ngo Dinh Diem,Message to the RVN National Assembly on the Foundations of the Constitution (1956) 46 3.3 Wolf Ladejinsky, A Visit with President Ngo Dinh Diem (1955) 49 3.4 Vietnam Workers’ Party Politburo, Directive Regarding Land Reform (1953) 52 3.5 Oral History of Han Vi, Musicologist and Communist Party Cadre 55 Chapter 4 The Rise of the “Viet Cong” 61 4.1 Le Duan, The Path to Revolution in the South (1956) 61 4.2 A Communist Party Account of the Situation in the Nam Bo Region of South Vietnam (1961) 69 4.3 A Poor Farmer’s Account of the 1960 “Concerted Uprising” in My Tho Province (1967) 72 4.4 Program of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam (1960) 75 Chapter 5 The Fall of Diem 81 5.1 The Caravelle Manifesto (1960) 81 5.2 Report of the Taylor Mission to South Vietnam (1961) 88 5.3 The Self-Immolation of Thich Quang Duc (1963) 90 5.4 Transcript of a Phone Conversation between Ngo Dinh Diem and Henry Cabot Lodge (November 1, 1963) 92 5.5 John F. Kennedy, Comments on the Saigon Coup (November 4, 1963) 93 Chapter 6 Escalation 96 6.1 Resolution of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Workers’ Party: Strive to Struggle, Rush Forward to Win New Victories in the South (December 1963) 96 6.2 Recording of a Phone Conversation between Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara (April 30, 1964) 100 6.3 The Tonkin Gulf Resolution (August 1964) 103 6.4 US Senator Wayne Morse, Speech on the Tonkin Gulf Resolution (August 5, 1964) 104 6.5 George Ball, “A Compromise Solution for South Vietnam” (1965) 106 6.6 Notes of a Meeting at the White House (July 21, 1965) 110 Chapter 7 On the Battlefield 115 7.1 A South Vietnamese Account of the Battle of Ap Bac (1995) 115 7.2 Interrogation of a Captured NLF Fighter (1967) 120 7.3 Oral History of Tom Esslinger, US Marine Lieutenant and Veteran of the Battle of Khe Sanh (2003) 124 7.4 Varnado Simpson, Testimony about the My Lai Massacre (1969) 132 7.5 Oral History of Wilson Key, US Navy Pilot and Prisoner of War (2004) 135 7.6 A North Vietnamese soldier remembers the Bombing of North Vietnam (1970) 142 7.7 Kim Phuc and the Napalm Attack on Trang Bang Village (1972) 144 Chapter 8 The Tet Offensive 147 8.1 Resolution of the 14th Plenum of the VWP Central Committee (January 1968) 147 8.2 US Central Intelligence Agency Report on the Communist Tet Offensive (January 31, 1968) 152 8.3 The Execution of Nguyen Van Lem 155 8.4 General Huynh Cong Than, “The General Offensive and Uprising in the Southern Sector of Saigon” (1994) 156 8.5 Walter Cronkite, Remarks on the Tet Offensive (February 1968) 163 8.6 Lyndon B. Johnson, Address to the Nation Announcing Steps to Limit the War in Vietnam (March 31, 1968) 165 Chapter 9 Home Fronts 172 9.1 Students for a Democratic Society, “Build, Not Burn” (1965) 172 9.2 Young Americans for Freedom, “Aid and Comfort to the Enemy” (1965) 174 9.3 Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, Statement Against the War in Vietnam (1966) 176 9.4 Nicholas Garland, Cartoon of Lyndon Johnson (1966) 178 9.5 Pete Seeger, “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy”(1967) 179 9.6 Senator George McGovern, Speech in Support of the McGovern–Hatfield Amendment to End the War in Indochina (1970) 181 9.7 Ngo Cong Duc, “Anti-Americanism: Common Cause in Vietnam” (1970) 183 9.8 Terry Nelson and C-Company, “The Battle Hymn of Lt Calley” (1971) 190 9.9 Daniel Ellsberg, “Murder and the Lying Machine” (2002) 192 Chapter 10 Pacification, Vietnamization, and “Fighting While Negotiating” 197 10.1 William Westmoreland, “The Refugee Problem” (1968) 197 10.2 Robert Komer, “The Phoenix Program and the Attack on the Viet Cong Infrastructure” (1969) 200 10.3 A Communist Cadre Describes Pacification in My Tho Province During 1969–1970 204 10.4 Le Duc Tho and Chinese Foreign Minister Chen Yi Discuss the Paris Peace Talks (1968) 205 10.5 Henry Kissinger Negotiates with Le Duc Tho (1971) 207 10.6 Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger Discuss the Fate of South Vietnam (August 1972) 213 Chapter 11 Victory and Defeat 216 11.1 Jacques Leslie, A Visit to Viet Cong Territory (1995) 216 11.2 Bui Tin, An Account of the Surrender of South Vietnam (1981) 221 11.3 Nguyen Thi Hoa, “Mom, I’m leaving now. I will make you very proud of me.” 223 Chapter 12 Memories and Legacies 226 12.1 The POW/MIA Flag 226 12.2 Excerpt from Quang X. Pham, Excerpt from A Sense of Duty: Our Journey from Vietnam to America (2005) 227 12.3 A US Army Nurse Remembers Vietnam (2004) 232 12.4 A Letter Left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 238 12.5 George W. Bush, Speech at a Veterans of Foreign Wars Convention (2007) 239 12.6 Vo Van Kiet, “Healing the Wound” (2005) 243 Index 249
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University of Toronto Press To Walk with the Devil
Book SynopsisExamining archival material and post-war scholarly and popular literature, Kranjc describes the often sharp divide between Communist-era interpretations of collaboration and those of their émigré anti-Communist opponents.Trade Review'An important and valuable contribution to the historiography of European collaboration... Kranjc's book is a timely addition to the history of wartime Slovenia and contemporaneous debates about collaboration.' -- Mark Biondich The Journal of Modern History vol 87:02:2015Table of ContentsAbbreviations Alternate Spelling of Place Names Map 1: Axis-Occupied Yugoslavia, 1941 Map 2: The Province of Ljubljana and Surrounding Regions Introduction 1 The Battle Goes Post-war: The Historiographical Debate 2 Before the Deluge 3 Reality Subverted (6 April-22 June 1941) 4 The Emergence of Resistance (July 1941-November 1942) 5 The Emergence of Collaboration (July 1941-July 1943) 6 The Collapse of Italy and a New Spirit of German Cooperation (July 1943-December 1943) 7 Shoulder to Shoulder with the German Armed Forces (January 1944-December 1944) 8 The Banality of Civilian Collaboration (September 1943-December 1944) 9 The Final Stand and its Consequences (January 1945-May 1945) Conclusion: The Verdict Notes Bibliography
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University of Toronto Press Child to Soldier
Book SynopsisWhat happens when children are forced to become child soldiers? How are they transformed from children to combatants? In Child to Soldier, Opiyo Oloya addresses these timely, troubling questions by exploring how Acholi children in Northern Uganda, abducted by infamous warlord Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), become soldiers.Oloya – himself an Acholi, a refugee from Idi Amin’s rule of Uganda, and a high ranking figure in Canadian education – is a scholar who challenges conventional thinking on child-inducted soldiers by illustrating the familial loyalty that develops within a child’s new surroundings in the bush. Based on interviews with former child combatants, this book provides a cultural context for understanding the process of socializing children into violence. Oloya details how Kony and the LRA exploit and pervert Acholi cultural heritage and pride to control and direct the children in war.Child to SoldiTable of Contents1. Introduction 2. Conceptual and practical challenges 3. Gwooko dog paco, defending the homestead, cultural devastation and the LRM/A 4. Culture, identity and control in the LRM/A 5. The autobiographical voices of becoming CI soldiers (I) 6. The autobiographical voices of becoming CI soldiers (II) 7. Dwoogo paco, returning home References Footnotes
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University of Toronto Press Distance from the Belsen Heap
Book SynopsisDistance from the Belsen Heap examines the experiences of hundreds of British and Canadian eyewitnesses to atrocity, including war artists, photographers, medical personnel, and chaplains.Trade Review'A thoughtful and useful addition to the literature on the Holocaust, Celinscak's work brings together solid archival research and interdisciplinary approaches to shed important new light on an under-research subject.' -- Nicholas J. Steneck The Journal of Military History vol 80:04:2016 'This book is a worthy addition to any scholar's library, especially those who study the Holocaust, genocide, or World War II.' -- Melissa Young H-Net/H-War September 2016 "It is the single best book on the liberation of Belsen or any other one of the camps that became symbols of Nazi depravity." -- Robert Abzug Canadian Jewish Studies / Etudes juives canadiennes, vol. 24, 2016 "This book is a valuable addition, with new information, to accounts about this infamous place" -- Jane S Gabin The Wiener Library, December 2016 'Celinscak's book is yet again proof that much new material on the Holocaust remains to be discovered and that even the best-known parts of the history hold secrets yet to be uncovered.' -- Dan Stone Holocaust and Genocide Studies, vol 30:03:2016 'Distance from the Belsen Heap is a model study of events that have for too long been considered footnotes to history.' -- Robert H. Abzug Canadian Jewish Studies vol 24:2016 'Required reading. Essential. All levels/libraries.' -- M.A. Mengerink Choice Magazine vol 53:11:2016 "This is a remarkable account of the Allied liberation of Belsen. It builds on the growing and diverse scholarship in the field and develops it further by wide ranging and careful research. This topic requires a sensitive approach and Celinscak has more than met this challenge. Sources ranging from art and photography, oral history, and contemporary reports are combined with great subtlety and purpose. Neglected areas, especially the Canadian forces and their role in the camp's liberation, are rightly restored to the narrative. Multidisciplinary, it is a major contribution to Holocaust studies." -- Tony Kushner, Parkes Institute for the Study of Jewish/Non-Jewish Relations, University of Southampton "A valuable, thoroughly researched work, Distance from the Belsen Heap rightly rebalances the story of Bergen-Belsen's liberation to include the Canadian experience." -- Suzanne Bardgett, Head of Research and Academic Partnerships, Imperial War Museums "A very well documented study of one of the key events in the history of the Holocaust. Engaging, well researched, and unusually specific in the lenses." -- Jury, Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish LiteratureTable of ContentsPreface Chapter One: Experience, Narrative and Meaning Chapter Two: The Rhine, the Heath, the Wire Chapter Three: The Distance of Presence Chapter Four: A Camp on Exhibit Chapter Five: The Impossible Real Chapter Six: Padres, Patients and Pathologies Conclusion: A Past Intensity
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University of Toronto Press Cargo of Lies
Book SynopsisOn a chilly autumn night in 1942, a German spy was rowed ashore from a U-boat off the Gaspé coast to begin a deadly espionage mission against the Allies. Thanks to an alert hotel-keeper's son, Abwehr agent `Bobbi' was captured and forced by the RCMP to become Canada's first double-agent.For nearly fifty years the full story of the spy case, code-named Watchdog, was suppressed. Now, author Dean Beeby has uncovered nearly five thousand pages of formerly classified government documents, obtained through the Access to Information Act from the RCMP, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, the Department of Justice, the National Archives of Canada, and Naval Intelligence. He has supplemented this treasure trove with research among still heavily censored FBI files, and interviews with surviving participants in the Watchdog story. Although British records of the case remain closed, Beeby also interviewed the MI5 case officer for Watchdog, the late Cyril Mills.The operationTrade Review'Beeby has succeeded in recreating the characters as well as the atmosphere of wartime Canada. And he unveils in some detail the bungling by Canadian authorities ignorant of intelligence matters...The book is a must read for any spy buff and will be enjoyed by everyone who loves a good story.' -- Peter Rehak Toronto Star 'Other attempts have been made to tell the story of Operation Watchdog, but none can compete with Dean Beeby's compelling reconstruction. ... He tells a dramatic tale, with overtones of John le Carr+.' -- Wesley Wark The Globe and Mail 'A fascinating tale of espionage activity right on Canadian soil, by U-boat to Canada's shores.' -- Clare Mellor Chronicle-Herald 'Beeby has meticulously researched Watchdog down to the most minute point.' -- Gavin Murphy Beaver
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University of Toronto Press Empires Ally
Book SynopsisSpanning academic and public debates, Empire's Ally opens a new line of argument on why the mission has entered a stage of crisis.Trade ReviewMore than just an academic text, Empire's Ally is an accessible and readable resource for scholars and activists alike. For the anti-war movement in Canada, it should be required reading. -- James Clark Canadian DimensionTable of ContentsPreface * Introduction: Empire, Afghanistan and Canadian Foreign Policy Jerome Klassen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Section One: Afghanistan, Empire and the 'War on Terror' * Afghanistan and Empire John W. Warnock (University of Regina) * A 'Single War': The Political Economy of Intervention in the Middle East and Central Asia Adam Hanieh (University of London) * The Empire of Capital and the Latest Inning of the Great Game Michael Skinner (York University) * Methods of Empire: State Building, Development, and War in Afghanistan Jerome Klassen Section Two: The Political Economy of Canadian Foreign Policy * From the Avro Arrow to Afghanistan: The Political Economy of Canadian Militarism Paul Kellogg (Athabasca University) * Canada and the Third World: The Political Economy of Intervention Todd Gordon (York University) * Fewer Illusions: Canadian Foreign Policy Since 2001 Greg Albo (York University) Section Three: Canada's War in Afghanistan * Failed States and Canada's 3D Policy in Afghanistan Angela Joya (York University) * Building an Expeditionary Force for Democracy Promotion Anthony Fenton (York University) and Jon Elmer * Incompatible Objectives: Counterinsurgency and Development in Afghanistan Justin Podur (York University) * Canada's Afghan Detainee Torture Scandal: How Stories of Torture Define the Nation Sherene H. Razack (University of Toronto) Section Four: The Anti-War Movement in Canada * Quebec Solidaire and the Anti-War Movement Benoit Renaud and Jessica Squires (Library and Archives Canada) * Bringing Ottawa's Warmakers to Heel: The Anti-War Movement in Canada Derrick O'Keefe (Canadian Peace Alliance)
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University of Toronto Press Adapting in the Dust
Book SynopsisAdapting in the Dust is a vital evaluation of how well Canada's institutions, parties, and policy makers responded to the need to oversee and sustain a military intervention overseas.Trade Review"Adapting In The Dust is a pointed addition to the first wave of literature that examines whether we should have been in Afghanistan at all." -- Tom Korski Blacklock's Reporter, Saturday, February 27, 2016Table of ContentsChapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Alone in Kandahar? Canada in Comparative Perspective Chapter 3: Considering the Kandahar Conundrum Chapter 4: The Power of Minority Government: Manipulating the Confused and Those Who Cannot Coalesce Chapter 5: The Problematic Parliament: Detainees, Information Asymmetries, and a Misplaced Focus Chapter 6: Whole of Government or Holes in Government? Chapter 7: The Canadian Forces: Winners? Chapter 8: Where Are the Canadians? The Public and the Media Chapter 9: Learning Lessons and Drawing Conclusions
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The United States in World War II
Book SynopsisThis reader brings together78 primary documents that capture the diversity of experiences of Americans who lived through World War II, from presidents and generals to war workers and GIs. Illustrates the political, diplomatic and military history of the conflict, including well-known documents, such as the Atlantic Charter and Franklin Roosevelt's Congressional address requesting a declaration of war against Japan Highlights the far-reaching economic, social and cultural changes caused by the war, such as the struggles to find day care for the children of women war workers, and the experiences returning veterans Includes an introduction, document headnotes and questions at the end of each chapter designed to encourage students to engage with the material critically Table of ContentsList of Illustrations x Series Editors’ Preface xi Source Acknowledgments xiv Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Controversial War 15 1 Henry Stimson, Diplomatic Note, 1932 15 2 William E. Dodd, Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1934 16 3 US Congress, Excerpt from the Neutrality Act, 1935 19 4 Chicago Defender , “League of Nations Holds Meetings,” Editorial, 1936 24 5 Jane Woolsey, “No Mr. Churchill!” and Mandy Butler, “Yes, Mr. Churchill!,” Rutgers Anthologist , 1941 26 6 Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill, “The Atlantic Charter,” 1941 31 7 US Congress, Excerpt from Hearings, Propaganda in Motion Pictures , 1941 32 8 Cordell Hull Proposal to Japanese Ambassador Nomura and His Reply, 1941 37 Chapter 2 Pearl Harbor and Meeting the Fight 44 1 Ruth A. Erickson, Recollections of Attack on Pearl Harbor, 1997 44 2 Eleanor Roosevelt, Script for Radio Program, 1941 46 3 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Address to the Joint Session of Congress, 1941 54 4 William Dyess, Excerpt from The Eye‐witness Account of the Death March from Bataan , 1944 56 5 General George Marshall to Admiral Ernest King, Memorandum, and Franklin D. Roosevelt to Harry L. Hopkins, General Marshall, and Admiral King, Memorandum, 1942 58 Chapter 3 The Pacific War 63 1 Alvin Kernan, Excerpt from Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket ’ s World Odyssey , 1994 63 2 John Hersey, Excerpt from “The Battle of Rivers,” Life , 1942 65 3 US Army Research Branch, Excerpt from Report No. B‐11, “Factors Affecting Morale of Veteran Infantrymen in the Pacific,” 1945 71 4 John Ciardi, Excerpts from Diary, 1944 73 5 Sam Smith, Oral History Interview Regarding Battle of Iwo Jima, 2004 76 Chapter 4 The War in North Africa and Europe 79 1 George Marshall to Lesley McNair, Memorandum, 1942 79 2 James R. Forgan to Commanding General, European Theater of Operations, Memorandum, 1945 80 3 Dwight Eisenhower, Draft Statement and Memorandum to the Combined Chiefs of Staff, 1944 83 4 Harold E. Mayo, Letter to Robert Cummins, 1944 86 5 Paul Fergot, Letters to Parents and Wife, 1944, 1945 88 6 Emiel W. Owens, Excerpt from Blood on German Snow: An African American Artilleryman in World War II and Beyond , 2006 90 Chapter 5 Mobilizing the Home Front 95 1 US Treasury Department, “This Is My Fight Too!” Poster, 1942 95 2 Irving Berlin, “I Paid My Income Tax Today,” Song Lyrics, 1942 96 3 US Office of Price Administration, Ration Book Cover, Stamps, Instructions, 1942 98 4 New Jersey League of Women Voters, Leaguesboro‐onthe‐Air, “Black Market” Radio Script, 1943 or 1944? 102 5 Newark, New Jersey, Defense Council, “Summary of Meeting on Care of Mothers and Children,” 1942 107 6 Christian Commission for Camp and Defense Communities, “Church Letter on War Communities,” Newsletter, 1942 110 Chapter 6 The Arsenal of Democracy 114 1 Donald M. Nelson, Excerpts from Arsenal of Democracy: The Story of American War Production , 1946 114 2 Lee Wilson, Excerpt from Interview, 2006 120 3 US National War Labor Board, “Statement from the National War Labor Board to the Parties in Dispute Cases,” 1944 123 4 Montgomery Ward Department Store, Flyers Distributed to Employees, and International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Flyer to Union Members, 1943, 1944 126 5 Sewell Avery and US Soldiers, Photograph, 1944 130 6 Washington Post , “Law and Responsibility,” Editorial, 1944 131 7 Janice C. Christensen, Letters to Parents, 1943 133 8 Dae D. Baird, Letter to Evelyn E. Baird, July 7, 1944 136 Chapter 7 The Quest for Freedom 139 1 John Haynes Holmes, Excerpt from “The Case of the Jehovah ’ s Witnesses,” The Christian Century , 1940 139 2 Franklin D. Roosevelt, “Executive Order Reaffirming Policy of Full Participation by all Persons, Regardless of Race, Creed, Color, or National Origin,” 1941 145 3 Frederick Wells to Harry A. Wann, Memorandum, 1942 147 4 Daniel K. Inouye, Excerpt from Journey to Washington , 1967 149 5 Charles Kikuchi, Diary Entries, 1942 151 6 Cesar Chavez, Excerpt from Cesar Chavez: Autobiography of La Causa , 1975 155 Chapter 8 The American Response to the Holocaust 159 1 Ferdinand M. Isserman, Excerpt from Sentenced to Death: The Jews in Nazi Germany , 1933 159 2 Franklin D. Roosevelt, Public Statement, 1938 163 3 Robert Taft, Letter to Allan Tarlish, 1939 164 4 Breckinridge Long, Diary Excerpts, 1940, 1942–1944 166 5 Myron C. Taylor, Memorandum of Conversation, Letter to Cardinal Maglione, 1942 169 6 The New York Times , “11 Allies Condemn Nazi War on Jews,” 1942 172 7 Henry Morgenthau, Jr. to Franklin D. Roosevelt, Excerpt from “Personal Report to the President,” Memorandum, 1944 175 8 Harold Porter, Letter to Parents, 1945 182 9 David Max Eichhorn, Sermon, 1945 184 10 Simon Chilewich, Letter to Family, 1945 186 Chapter 9 From Strategic Bombing to the Atomic Bomb 190 1 Albert Einstein, Letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1939 190 2 US Army Air Force, Air War Plan Division, Excerpts from “Munitions Requirements of the AAF for the Defeat of our Potential Enemies,” 1941 192 3 Pius XII, Memorandum on Bombing of Civilians, and Myron Taylor, Informal Notes for Discussion with Msgr. Montini, 1942 195 4 Interim Committee, Excerpt from Notes of Meeting, 1945 198 5 Senior Military Advisors, Excerpts from Minutes of Meeting, 1945 199 6 Heads of Governments, United States, China, and the United Kingdom, Potsdam Declaration, 1945 203 7 Henry Stimson, Diary Excerpts, 1945 205 8 Kurt Vonnegut, “Wailing Shall Be in All the Streets,” 2008 209 Chapter 10 Visions of a Postwar World 217 1 Henry Luce, Excerpt from “The American Century,” Life , 1941 217 2 Wendell Willkie, Excerpt from One World , 1943 219 3 Langston Hughes, “My America,” Journal of Educational Sociology , 1943 221 4 Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Joseph Stalin, “Yalta Conference Public Statement,” 1945 223 5 United Nations, Excerpt from Charter, 1945 230 6 Robert Jackson, Excerpts from Opening Address at Nuremberg War Crimes Trial, 1945 235 Chapter 11 Legacies of War 244 1 John J. Toffey IV, Excerpt from Jack Toffey ’ s War , 2008 244 2 US War Department, Excerpt from Pamphlet, “Going Back to Civilian Life: A Supplement Explaining the Provisions of the ‘GI Bill of Rights,’” 1944 248 3 Harvard Crimson , “Wistful Vista II,” 1946; “The Counsellor and the Dean,” 1947 250 4 Eli Ginzberg, Excerpt from Breakdown and Recovery , 1959 253 5 Mira Ryczke Kimmelman, Excerpt from Life Beyond the Holocaust , 2005 255 Chapter 12 Commemoration and Memory 259 1 Archibald MacLeish, “Memorials Are For Remembrance,” The Architectural Forum , 1944 259 2 Elie Wiesel, Introduction to President ’ s Commission on the Holocaust, Report to the President , 1979 263 3 Ronald Reagan, Remarks on Signing the Bill Providing Restitution for the Wartime Internment of Japanese‐American Civilians, 1988 268 4 Tom Brokaw, Remarks at the Dedication of the National World War II Memorial, 2004 270 5 Geoffrey Wheatcroft, “Munich Shouldn’t be Such a Dirty Word,” Washington Post , 2008 274 Bibliography 278 Index 285
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Restoring the World 1945 Security and Empire at
Book SynopsisImmerses students in the 1945 Yalta Conference as they take on the roles of Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin, as well as the members of their military and diplomatic delegations. They all want peace, but what kind of peace will they create?
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Earning Their Wings The WASPs of World War II
Book SynopsisEstablished by the Army Air Force in 1943, the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) program opened to civilian women with a pilot’s license. Sarah Parry Myers not only offers a history of this short-lived program but considers its long-term consequences for the women who participated and subsequent generations of servicewomen and activists.
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MP-NCA Uni of North Carolina Between Two Worlds Jewish War Brides after the
Book SynopsisHistorian Robin Judd, whose grandmother survived the Holocaust and married an American soldier after liberation, introduces us to the Jewish women who lived through genocide and went on to wed American, Canadian, and British military personnel after the war.Trade ReviewA fresh perspective on the aftermath of trauma . . . . Drawing on rich archival sources, historian Judd makes her book debut with a sensitive, well-researched history of marriages between survivors of the Holocaust and American, British, and Canadian military personnel . . . . Judd's stories of "loss, recovery, power, and unbelonging" stand as testimony to the triumph of survival."—Kirkus Reviews
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University of Toronto Press Affective Geographies
Book SynopsisFor Miguel de Cervantes, to narrate a Mediterranean experience is to necessarily speak of an emotional experience. Affective Geographies takes as its point of departure the premise that literature is as influential in constructing the Mediterranean as are its geographic, climatic, or economic features. As the writer with the most vast and varied Mediterranean experience of his era, Cervantes is exceptionally well-suited for the critical task of recovering the literary Mediterranean. Engaging with the interdisciplinary fields of Mediterranean studies, affect theory, and the history of emotion, Paul Michael Johnson reads Cervantes’s texts alongside the affective structures that inscribe the Mediterranean as a space of conflict, commerce, expansion, and empire. In particular, he argues that Cervantes’s writing, with its uncommon focus on the Moorish, Islamic, and North African experience, can serve to realign misconceptions about the Mediterranean we have inTrade Review"Johnson is adept at distinguishing the portrayal of the inwardness and interiority of Cervantine characters from counterparts in 19th-century European realism. A highlight of the volume—one of many—is discussion of the encounter, in part 2 of Don Quixote, of Sancho Panza and the Morisco Ricote as a source of commentary on humor. Analyzing feelings is a challenge. Johnson has done his homework and far more. His approach to the Mediterranean takes the reader all over the map of criticism, metacriticism, interdisciplinarity, and the Cervantine corpus." -- E. H. Friedman, Vanderbilt University * CHOICE *"This fascinating and original scholarly contribution to Early Modern literary studies – presented with an exquisite written expression – not only invites readers to reconsider many canonical works by Miguel de Cervantes, but also helps to lay the groundwork for a new direction of scholarly inquiry into a wide array of classical fiction." -- Philip Allen, Midwestern State University * Hispanófila *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Part One: Casting Off 1. Introduction 2. Connected (Hi)stories: The Cervantine, Literary, and Affective Mediterranean The Historical Mediterranean The Literary Mediterranean The Affective Mediterranean Contesting a Sea of Discourses Deviations from Reason in a Sea of Diversity Part Two: Quixotic Passages 3. Shadows of the Inquisition: Honour, Shame, and a Cervantine View of Mediterranean “Values” Anthropologies of Mediterranean Honour and Shame Visual Topographies of Shame Shame Punishments and Cervantes Blood Purity and the Art of Infamy in Don Quijote’s Encagement Conclusion 4. A Mediterranean (Tragi)comedy: Sancho, Ricote, and the Emotional Politics of Laughter Gelotological Genealogies The Emotional Effects of Laughter, and Laughter as Affect Sancho and Schadenfreude, or Courtly Comedics From Sadism to Satire Laughing with Sancho and Ricote Conclusion Part Three: Other Ports of Call 5. Suspended Admiration: Wonder, Surprise, and Emotional Exemplarity in La española inglesa Aesthetics of the Unexpected Early Modern Cultures of Suspension Tempering Fears, Tempering Sails 153 Ethical Solutions through Admiratio Conclusion 6. Aporias of Love: Articulating the Ineffable in Los trabajos de Persiles y Sigismunda Beyond Sentimentalism Aporias Ineffability Materiality Conclusion Afterword Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Toronto Press Canada at War
Book SynopsisCanada at War explores the impact of the two world wars on Canada and Canadians by examining conscription, foreign policy, and politics, with William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada’s longest-serving prime minister, acting as the book’s central figure. In this collection of essays, J.L. Granatstein brings together research from archives in Canada and abroad, illuminating Canada''s political transition from the British to American sphere of influence in the first half of the twentieth century. Granatstein reflects on the most significant issues affecting Canadians during the wars, showing how this period ushered change into the Canadian landscape and transformed Canada into the country that it is today.Table of ContentsPreface Permissions Introduction Section One: Conscription 1. "To win, at any cost": Politics and Manpower Policies, 1917 2. Conscription in the Great War 3. The Conservative Party and Conscription in the Second World War 4. The York South By-Election of February 9, 1942: A Turning Point in Canadian Politics 5. The "Hard" Obligations of Citizenship: The Second World War in Canada 6. Conscription and My Politics Section Two: Diplomacy 7. "A Self-Evident National Duty": Canadian Foreign Policy, 1935–1939 (with Robert Bothwell) 8. Mackenzie King and Canada at Ogdensburg, August 1940 9. The Hyde Park Declaration 1941: Origins and Significance (with R.D. Cuff) 10. The Man Who Wasn't There: Mackenzie King, Canada, and the Atlantic Charter 11. Happily on the Margins: Mackenzie King and Canada at the Quebec Conferences Section Three: Politics 12. Financing the Liberal Party, 1935–1945 13. King and His Cabinet: The War Years 14. The Evacuation of the Japanese Canadians, 1942: A Realist Critique of the Received Version (with Gregory A. Johnson) 15. Arming the Nation: Canada's Industrial War Effort, 1939–1945 Section Four: Reflections 16. A Half-Century On: The Veterans' Experience 17. "What Is to Be Done?": The Future of Canadian Second World War History 18. Thirty Years in the Trenches: A Military Historian's Report on the War between Teaching and Research
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