Second World War Books
Indiana University Press Music in World War II
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThe newly published Indiana University Press book, Music in World War II: Coping with Wartime in Europe and the United States, has enlarged my understanding of how music became a tool of war for allies and adversaries alike, as opponents became allies and allies became opponents in a shifting landscape of diplomacy. Music as propaganda wasn't on my radar as a child. . . . The editors designed a book to show a broad base of music's power to shape citizens and soldiers in wartime. They chose essayists whose imperative brings us into the moments of real people in a world of divisiveness. In my childhood household I was instructed, "We are fighting for ideals, for 'liberty and justice for all.' When the war is over and we are winners we have work to do to make America a safe place for everyone. Always make something better for everyone." A powerful charge for a little kid. -- Rita Kohn * Nuvo *Music in World War II is a book that is really worth reading not only because it is a true page-turner and the stories are unique and fascinating, but also because it truly adds to our knowledge of World War II events from a perspective that is even wider than just music. -- Alexandros Charkiolakis - The Friends of Music Society * Music Reference Services Quarterly *Table of ContentsDedicationPreface / Roberta Montemorra MarvinIntroduction: Music and Global War in the Short Twentieth Century / Pamela M. PotterPart I: On the Airwaves and the Screen1. Sandy Calling: Forging an Intimate Wartime Public at the BBC Theater Organ / Christina L. Baade2. "Alien" Classical Musicians and the BBC, 1939 – 1945 / Tony Stoller3. Musical "Diplomacy" in American and Soviet World War II Films of the 1940s / Peter KupferPart II: Opera, Theater Stage, and Concerts4. The Metropolitan Opera House and the "War of Ideologies": The Politics of Opera Publicity in Wartime / Christopher Lynch5. Broadway Goes to War / Tim Carter6. Throwing Some Light on the Dunkelkonzerte: Towards a New Image of Concert Life in Vienna, 1939-1944 / Nicholas Attfield7. Before the End of Time: General Huntziger's Centre Musical et Théâtral / Christopher Brent MurrayPart III: National Imaginaries8. Swing in the Protectorate: Czech Popular Music under the Nazi Occupation, 1938-1945 / Brian S. Locke9. A Musical Reedeucation: Music-making in America's German POW Camps and the Intellectual Diversion Program / Kelsey Kramer McGinnis10. Bunkers, Cellars, and Acoustic Memory: Sonic Experiences of War and Surrender in Nazi Germany / Abby AndertonAfterword: Trans/national Soundscapes in World War II / Annegret FauserSelected Works
£59.50
Indiana University Press Music in World War II
Book SynopsisHow can music withstand the death and destruction brought on by war? Global conflicts of the 20th century fundamentally transformed not only national boundaries, power relations, and global economies, but also the arts and culture of every nation involved. An important, unacknowledged aspect of these conflicts is that they have unique musical soundtracks. Music in World War II explores how music and sound took on radically different dimensions in the United States and Europe before, during, and after World War II. Additionally, the collection examines the impact of radio and film as the disseminators of the war's musical soundtrack. Contributors contend that the European and American soundtrack of World War II was largely one of escapism rather than the lofty, solemn, heroic, and celebratory mode of war music in the past. Furthermore, they explore the variety of experiences of populations forced from their homes and interned in civilian and POW camps in Europe and the United States, exTrade ReviewThe newly published Indiana University Press book, Music in World War II: Coping with Wartime in Europe and the United States, has enlarged my understanding of how music became a tool of war for allies and adversaries alike, as opponents became allies and allies became opponents in a shifting landscape of diplomacy. Music as propaganda wasn't on my radar as a child. . . . The editors designed a book to show a broad base of music's power to shape citizens and soldiers in wartime. They chose essayists whose imperative brings us into the moments of real people in a world of divisiveness. In my childhood household I was instructed, "We are fighting for ideals, for 'liberty and justice for all.' When the war is over and we are winners we have work to do to make America a safe place for everyone. Always make something better for everyone." A powerful charge for a little kid. -- Rita Kohn * Nuvo *Music in World War II is a book that is really worth reading not only because it is a true page-turner and the stories are unique and fascinating, but also because it truly adds to our knowledge of World War II events from a perspective that is even wider than just music. -- Alexandros Charkiolakis - The Friends of Music Society * Music Reference Services Quarterly *Table of ContentsDedicationPreface / Roberta Montemorra MarvinIntroduction: Music and Global War in the Short Twentieth Century / Pamela M. PotterPart I: On the Airwaves and the Screen1. Sandy Calling: Forging an Intimate Wartime Public at the BBC Theater Organ / Christina L. Baade2. "Alien" Classical Musicians and the BBC, 1939 – 1945 / Tony Stoller3. Musical "Diplomacy" in American and Soviet World War II Films of the 1940s / Peter KupferPart II: Opera, Theater Stage, and Concerts4. The Metropolitan Opera House and the "War of Ideologies": The Politics of Opera Publicity in Wartime / Christopher Lynch5. Broadway Goes to War / Tim Carter6. Throwing Some Light on the Dunkelkonzerte: Towards a New Image of Concert Life in Vienna, 1939-1944 / Nicholas Attfield7. Before the End of Time: General Huntziger's Centre Musical et Théâtral / Christopher Brent MurrayPart III: National Imaginaries8. Swing in the Protectorate: Czech Popular Music under the Nazi Occupation, 1938-1945 / Brian S. Locke9. A Musical Reedeucation: Music-making in America's German POW Camps and the Intellectual Diversion Program / Kelsey Kramer McGinnis10. Bunkers, Cellars, and Acoustic Memory: Sonic Experiences of War and Surrender in Nazi Germany / Abby AndertonAfterword: Trans/national Soundscapes in World War II / Annegret FauserSelected Works
£22.79
Indiana University Press The Touch of an Angel
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsPolish Publisher's NotePrologueOświęcimKrakówWieliczkaTarnówBochniaBergen-BelsenTröbitzEpilogueAppendixIndex
£70.55
Indiana University Press The Touch of an Angel
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsPolish Publisher's NotePrologueOświęcimKrakówWieliczkaTarnówBochniaBergen-BelsenTröbitzEpilogueAppendixIndex
£28.80
Indiana University Press Prologue to Annihilation Ordinary American and
Book Synopsis-Examines the way that the Jewish communities in America and the UK stood up the Nazi regime, when their governments were intent on appeasement. -Trade crossover title that should appeal to history readers and scholars alike.Trade ReviewNorwood's reader-friendly volume richly details how the US and Great Britain's appeasement of Hitler led to WW II and laid the foundation for the Holocaust * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Foundations of the Final Solution1. Portents: September 1930 to January 19332. Barbarism and Entrapment: The Cold Pogrom, 1933-19343. A Tidal Wave of Protest, March to May 19334. The Escalation of Judaea's War against Nazism, May to December 19335. Exposing and Boycotting the Third Reich, 19346. Disaster for the Jews: The Saar Plebiscite, January 19357. Entertaining Nazi Warriors in America and Britain, 1934-19368. 1935: Degradation, Appeasement, and Looming CatastropheEpilogue: Defeats, 1936-1939BibliographyIndex
£66.60
Indiana University Press Prologue to Annihilation
Book Synopsis-Examines the way that the Jewish communities in America and the UK stood up the Nazi regime, when their governments were intent on appeasement. -Trade crossover title that should appeal to history readers and scholars alike.Trade ReviewNorwood's reader-friendly volume richly details how the US and Great Britain's appeasement of Hitler led to WW II and laid the foundation for the Holocaust * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Foundations of the Final Solution1. Portents: September 1930 to January 19332. Barbarism and Entrapment: The Cold Pogrom, 1933-19343. A Tidal Wave of Protest, March to May 19334. The Escalation of Judaea's War against Nazism, May to December 19335. Exposing and Boycotting the Third Reich, 19346. Disaster for the Jews: The Saar Plebiscite, January 19357. Entertaining Nazi Warriors in America and Britain, 1934-19368. 1935: Degradation, Appeasement, and Looming CatastropheEpilogue: Defeats, 1936-1939BibliographyIndex
£28.80
Indiana University Press The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupati
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJonathan Huener, professor of history at the University of Vermont, has produced a definitive study of the Catholic Church in western Poland under German occupation -- Kevin P Spicer, C.S.C., Stonehill College * Contemporary Church History Quarterly *Jonathan Huener's careful examination of the fate of the Catholic Church in western Poland—the Nazi German "Warthegau"—during World War II triangulates an impressive variety of sources in German and Polish to assess Nazi religious policy and the experience of Polish Catholics victimized by it. . . . This is essential reading for those interested in Nazi empire, Polish nationalism, or the history of the Catholic Church. -- Jadwiga Biskupska * H-Poland *Huener's book is an impressive new contribution to scholarship on Nazi church policies and occupation policies and will be essential reading for all those working in these fields. Nicely complementing Catherine Epstein's biography of Arthur Greiser, it provides a meticulously researched and judicious account of Nazi rule in this pivotal German-Polish borderland. -- Jim Bjork * Central European History *This impeccably researched study proffers an invaluable analysis and a first Anglophone synthesis of Polish, German, and Catholic sources, while it also assimilates an important secondary literature in Polish and German, including the recent, ground-breaking Polish historiography on the Holocaust. -- Monika Rice * Journal of Church and State *The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation by Jonathan Huener is an engaging study that asks important questions about the Nazi attitude towards the Catholic Church in general, and the Polish Catholic Church in particular. Interestingly, as Huener emphasizes, the Nazi policy towards the Catholic Church was neither consistent throughout the war nor uniform in all the Nazi-occupied territories. . . . The book is a fascinating addition to what we know about the way the Nazi regime operated. It is great work that will be beneficial to historians of Poland, the Second World Word, and Nazism. But it is also a great book for both undergraduate and graduate students. -- Anna Mller * Church History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsList of Geographic TermsList of IllustrationsList of MapsGuide to Polish PronunciationIntroduction1. Tannenberg: The Einsatzgruppen and the Polish Clergy, Fall 19392. Größte Härte: The Invasion of Poland: Ideology and Execution3. Hetzkaplan: The Polish Church and the "Agitator Priest" in Nazi Ideology4. Mustergau: The Reichsgau Wartheland as "Model Gau"5. Dominselaktion: The "Cathedral Island Action"6. Deportacja: The Deportation and Incarceration of the Clergy7. Kult: Restrictions on Public Religious Life8. Profanacja: Profanation and Plunder9. Nationalitätenprinzip: National Segregation in Church Life10. Dreizehn Punkte: From the "Thirteen Points" to the "September Decree"11. Zerschlagung: The "Action for the Destruction of the Polish Clergy"12. Dachau: Polish Clergy in the Concentration Camp Dachau13. Nonnenlager: Women Religious in the Bojanowo Labor Camp14. Späne: Kirchenpolitik in the Warthegau, 1942-194415. Parafia: Parish Life16. Konspiracja: Resistance and Conspiracy17. "Et papa tacet"? Pius XII and the Church in the Warthegau18. Kurswechsel: A Change in CourseConclusionBibliography
£62.90
Indiana University Press The Polish Catholic Church under German
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewJonathan Huener, professor of history at the University of Vermont, has produced a definitive study of the Catholic Church in western Poland under German occupation -- Kevin P Spicer, C.S.C., Stonehill College * Contemporary Church History Quarterly *Jonathan Huener's careful examination of the fate of the Catholic Church in western Poland—the Nazi German "Warthegau"—during World War II triangulates an impressive variety of sources in German and Polish to assess Nazi religious policy and the experience of Polish Catholics victimized by it. . . . This is essential reading for those interested in Nazi empire, Polish nationalism, or the history of the Catholic Church. -- Jadwiga Biskupska * H-Poland *Huener's book is an impressive new contribution to scholarship on Nazi church policies and occupation policies and will be essential reading for all those working in these fields. Nicely complementing Catherine Epstein's biography of Arthur Greiser, it provides a meticulously researched and judicious account of Nazi rule in this pivotal German-Polish borderland. -- Jim Bjork * Central European History *This impeccably researched study proffers an invaluable analysis and a first Anglophone synthesis of Polish, German, and Catholic sources, while it also assimilates an important secondary literature in Polish and German, including the recent, ground-breaking Polish historiography on the Holocaust. -- Monika Rice * Journal of Church and State *The Polish Catholic Church under German Occupation by Jonathan Huener is an engaging study that asks important questions about the Nazi attitude towards the Catholic Church in general, and the Polish Catholic Church in particular. Interestingly, as Huener emphasizes, the Nazi policy towards the Catholic Church was neither consistent throughout the war nor uniform in all the Nazi-occupied territories. . . . The book is a fascinating addition to what we know about the way the Nazi regime operated. It is great work that will be beneficial to historians of Poland, the Second World Word, and Nazism. But it is also a great book for both undergraduate and graduate students. -- Anna Mller * Church History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsList of Geographic TermsList of IllustrationsList of MapsGuide to Polish PronunciationIntroduction1. Tannenberg: The Einsatzgruppen and the Polish Clergy, Fall 19392. Größte Härte: The Invasion of Poland: Ideology and Execution3. Hetzkaplan: The Polish Church and the "Agitator Priest" in Nazi Ideology4. Mustergau: The Reichsgau Wartheland as "Model Gau"5. Dominselaktion: The "Cathedral Island Action"6. Deportacja: The Deportation and Incarceration of the Clergy7. Kult: Restrictions on Public Religious Life8. Profanacja: Profanation and Plunder9. Nationalitätenprinzip: National Segregation in Church Life10. Dreizehn Punkte: From the "Thirteen Points" to the "September Decree"11. Zerschlagung: The "Action for the Destruction of the Polish Clergy"12. Dachau: Polish Clergy in the Concentration Camp Dachau13. Nonnenlager: Women Religious in the Bojanowo Labor Camp14. Späne: Kirchenpolitik in the Warthegau, 1942-194415. Parafia: Parish Life16. Konspiracja: Resistance and Conspiracy17. "Et papa tacet"? Pius XII and the Church in the Warthegau18. Kurswechsel: A Change in CourseConclusionBibliography
£29.70
Indiana University Press Fighting Hoosiers
Book Synopsis-Carefully selected collection of articles from the Indiana Magazine of History, that details ordinary Hoosiers' involvement in the two world wars. Focuses on the personal stories of these brave men and women, and features their diaries, letters and memiors as source material. -Trade crossover that should appeal to general history readers and scholars alike.Trade ReviewFighting Hoosiers brings the reader into the worlds of ordinary citizens who suddenly found themselves fighting far from home under difficult conditions. * H-NET *Fighting Hoosiers brings the reader into the worlds of ordinary citizens who suddenly found themselves fighting far from home under difficult conditions. An amazing element of Fighting Hoosiers is not only the completeness of the diaries researched but the memories, such as that of Kenneth Baker of Rochester, Indiana, who, sixty-six years after serving in two world wars, was able to place his experiences on a yellow notepad from memory, which eventually found its way into print for posterity. This is a story of ordinary citizens making extraordinary contributions and a lasting impact on themselves, the lives of their families, and the country they loved both during the war and decades after. -- Terry Wettig - AF Air University Global College * H-Net (War) *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Dawn E. Bakken1. Pride, Patriotism, and the Press: The Evolving True Story of the First American Shot of World War I / Greta A. Fisher and Lauren E. Kuntzman2. On Convoy Duty in World War I: The Diary of Hoosier Guy Connor / Edited by Jeffrey L. Patrick3. A Hoosier Nurse in France: The World War I Diary of Maude Frances Essig / Alma S. Woolley4. 'Oatmeal and Coffee': Memoirs of a Hoosier Soldier in World War I / Kenneth Gearhart Baker, edited and introduced by Robert H. Ferrell5. Recollections of a World War II Combat Medic / Bernard L. Rice6. A Hoosier Soldier in the British Isles / Lawrence B. McFaddin7. 'A Fair Chance to Do My Part of Work': Black Women, War Work, and Rights Claims at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant / Katherine TurkNotes
£52.70
Indiana University Press Fighting Hoosiers
Book Synopsis-Carefully selected collection of articles from the Indiana Magazine of History, that details ordinary Hoosiers' involvement in the two world wars. Focuses on the personal stories of these brave men and women, and features their diaries, letters and memiors as source material. -Trade crossover that should appeal to general history readers and scholars alike.Trade ReviewFighting Hoosiers brings the reader into the worlds of ordinary citizens who suddenly found themselves fighting far from home under difficult conditions. * H-NET *Fighting Hoosiers brings the reader into the worlds of ordinary citizens who suddenly found themselves fighting far from home under difficult conditions. An amazing element of Fighting Hoosiers is not only the completeness of the diaries researched but the memories, such as that of Kenneth Baker of Rochester, Indiana, who, sixty-six years after serving in two world wars, was able to place his experiences on a yellow notepad from memory, which eventually found its way into print for posterity. This is a story of ordinary citizens making extraordinary contributions and a lasting impact on themselves, the lives of their families, and the country they loved both during the war and decades after. -- Terry Wettig - AF Air University Global College * H-Net (War) *Table of ContentsIntroduction / Dawn E. Bakken1. Pride, Patriotism, and the Press: The Evolving True Story of the First American Shot of World War I / Greta A. Fisher and Lauren E. Kuntzman2. On Convoy Duty in World War I: The Diary of Hoosier Guy Connor / Edited by Jeffrey L. Patrick3. A Hoosier Nurse in France: The World War I Diary of Maude Frances Essig / Alma S. Woolley4. 'Oatmeal and Coffee': Memoirs of a Hoosier Soldier in World War I / Kenneth Gearhart Baker, edited and introduced by Robert H. Ferrell5. Recollections of a World War II Combat Medic / Bernard L. Rice6. A Hoosier Soldier in the British Isles / Lawrence B. McFaddin7. 'A Fair Chance to Do My Part of Work': Black Women, War Work, and Rights Claims at the Kingsbury Ordnance Plant / Katherine TurkNotes
£18.89
Indiana University Press A Jewish Marshall Plan
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA "Jewish Marshall Plan" is well written and researched, incorporating new historiographical frameworks and details that deepen the analysis first developed in the original [French] edition. The result is a painstaking examination of American Jewish efforts to influence the reconstruction of Jewish life in France after the Holocaust. Faure examines these processes, which she terms the "Jewish Marshall Plan," with a particular focus on the JDC. -- Meredith Scott * H-Judaic *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of ImagesList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Before the "Jewish Marshall Plan"2. Jewish Encounters in Liberation France3. Emerging from Catastrophe4. Long-term Reconstruction5. A Political Presence?6. "From Charity to Social Work"ConclusionBibliographyIndex
£63.00
Indiana University Press A Jewish Marshall Plan
Book SynopsisWhile the role the United States played in France's liberation from Nazi Germany is widely celebrated, it is less well known that American Jewish individuals and organizations mobilized to reconstruct Jewish life in France after the Holocaust. In A Jewish Marshall Plan, Laura Hobson Faure explores how American Jews committed themselves and hundreds of millions of dollars to bring much needed aid to their French coreligionists. Hobson Faure sheds light on American Jewish chaplains, members of the Armed Forces, and those involved with Jewish philanthropic organizations who sought out Jewish survivors and became deeply entangled with the communities they helped to rebuild. While well intentioned, their actions did not always meet the needs and desires of the French Jews. A Jewish Marshall Plan examines the complex interactions, exchanges, and solidarities created between American and French Jews following the Holocaust. Challenging the assumption that French Jews were passive recipients oTrade ReviewA "Jewish Marshall Plan" is well written and researched, incorporating new historiographical frameworks and details that deepen the analysis first developed in the original [French] edition. The result is a painstaking examination of American Jewish efforts to influence the reconstruction of Jewish life in France after the Holocaust. Faure examines these processes, which she terms the "Jewish Marshall Plan," with a particular focus on the JDC. -- Meredith Scott * H-Judaic *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of ImagesList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Before the "Jewish Marshall Plan"2. Jewish Encounters in Liberation France3. Emerging from Catastrophe4. Long-term Reconstruction5. A Political Presence?6. "From Charity to Social Work"ConclusionBibliographyIndex
£22.79
Indiana University Press Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman
Book SynopsisFat Boy and the Champagne Salesman offers a compelling behind-the-scenes exploration of the road to World War II and the invasion of Poland by the Hitler's Third Reich. Focusing on the personal power plays within Hitler's inner circle, author Rush Loving details the struggle for Hitler's approval, long before the battle for Poland had begun.Trade Review"With a reporter's time-honed instinct for unearthing a great story, and a raconteur's sense of description and timing, Loving gives us this scene-by-scene portrayal of Hitler compelling his high command – using his voice and his insanity as his sole resources – to arrive at the only counsel he would accept: blitzkrieg against Poland. The "fog of war" would come later. First, there was utter chaos as Hitler started the biggest one ever."—Walter Wells, former executive editor of the International Herald-Tribune"Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman is a wonderfully researched, written, and fast-paced book about the inevitable march toward World War II, and the personalities who made it a reality."—Fred Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun"In his book Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman, Loving, a former journalist, focuses on the rivalry between Ribbentrop, the "champagne salesman," a nickname based on his previous career, and Hermann Göring, the "fat boy" who was president of the Reichstag and head of the Luftwaffe as Hitler planned his attack on Poland. This is a fascinating, meticulously researched account of the infighting at the top of the Nazi hierarchy during the run-up to the opening act of World War II."—Andrew Nagorski, Israel Journal of Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Kaiser Wilhelm's Legacy2. The Community Organizer3. The Champagne Salesman4. Fat Boy's Swedish Friend5. 'Close Your Hearts to Pity!'6. A Performance of Bombast and Threats7. 'A Second Bismark'8. Et Tu, Bruté?9. 'It's Enough to Kill a Bull'10. The Speech That Fell Flat11. Into the Wee Hours12. A Shouting Match13. 'Where Is the Pole?'14. The Intercepted Telegram15. Invasion16. Ultimatum17. FinisNotesBibliography
£45.00
Indiana University Press Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman G246ring
Book SynopsisFat Boy and the Champagne Salesman offers a compelling behind-the-scenes exploration of the road to World War II and the invasion of Poland by the Hitler's Third Reich. Focusing on the personal power plays within Hitler's inner circle, author Rush Loving details the struggle for Hitler's approval, long before the battle for Poland had begun.Trade Review"With a reporter's time-honed instinct for unearthing a great story, and a raconteur's sense of description and timing, Loving gives us this scene-by-scene portrayal of Hitler compelling his high command – using his voice and his insanity as his sole resources – to arrive at the only counsel he would accept: blitzkrieg against Poland. The "fog of war" would come later. First, there was utter chaos as Hitler started the biggest one ever."—Walter Wells, former executive editor of the International Herald-Tribune"Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman is a wonderfully researched, written, and fast-paced book about the inevitable march toward World War II, and the personalities who made it a reality."—Fred Rasmussen, The Baltimore Sun"In his book Fat Boy and the Champagne Salesman, Loving, a former journalist, focuses on the rivalry between Ribbentrop, the "champagne salesman," a nickname based on his previous career, and Hermann Göring, the "fat boy" who was president of the Reichstag and head of the Luftwaffe as Hitler planned his attack on Poland. This is a fascinating, meticulously researched account of the infighting at the top of the Nazi hierarchy during the run-up to the opening act of World War II."—Andrew Nagorski, Israel Journal of Foreign AffairsTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroduction1. Kaiser Wilhelm's Legacy2. The Community Organizer3. The Champagne Salesman4. Fat Boy's Swedish Friend5. 'Close Your Hearts to Pity!'6. A Performance of Bombast and Threats7. 'A Second Bismark'8. Et Tu, Bruté?9. 'It's Enough to Kill a Bull'10. The Speech That Fell Flat11. Into the Wee Hours12. A Shouting Match13. 'Where Is the Pole?'14. The Intercepted Telegram15. Invasion16. Ultimatum17. FinisNotesBibliography
£14.24
Indiana University Press Entangled in Fear
Book Synopsis-Clearly written, compelling study of the psychological impact of sustained warfare on historical events. -Translated from German, first English edition.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Before There Was Fear1. In the Labyrinth of Fear2. Fear in Interwar Culture: The Bolsheviks and "Jewish Communism"3. The Trauma of a World War: Psychosocial Effects of the Second World War4. In the Beginning Was Chaos5. "Out of the frying pan and into the fire": The Dreaded Red Army6. The Demobilized7. Looting Fever8. Outlaws: "The dishonored soldiers' peasant war"9. It Was More Than Just Travel Nerves10. The Politics of Fear11. The Phantoms of Transience12. The Three Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Hunger, High Prices, and Infectious Diseases13. Ethnic Phobias and ViolenceConclusion: "The Boogeyman"BibliographyIndex
£26.09
Indiana University Press True to My God and Country
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The stories of the more than 500,000 Jewish men and women who served in the American military during World War II have never been told with more honesty and heart than they are here. Françoise Ouzan has written a history that challenges, educates, and inspires. This book is a must-have for any World War II history shelf."—Michael S. Neiberg, author of When France Fell: Vichy and the Fate of the Anglo-American Alliance."Françoise Ouzan demonstrates the salience of emotions such as solidarity, empathy, and the yearning for honor for the experience of American Jewish men and women who served in the Second World War. Ouzan's canvas is global, but her approach is personal, drawing on a rich array of life-writing to tell a deeply moving story."—Derek Penslar, author of Jews and the Military: A History"True to My God and Country makes an important contribution to the scholarship of World War II, Jewish-American history, and women's history. It highlights the ways in which Jewish servicewomen crossed gender and social boundaries. It also illuminates how Jewish service women strove to be accepted in a military framework, and how they successfully confronted anti-Jewish attitudes."—Patricia Kollander, Florida Atlantic University"Research on the Jewish experience during and vis-à-vis World War II and theHolocaust naturally focuses on the fate of Jews under the control of Nazi Germany and its allies and on the reactions to that fate in the free world. Antisemitism experienced by Jews outside this orbit has hitherto drawn only minimal attention. In this fascinating account of the experiences of the many Jewish GIs in the American military at all fronts of the global war, Françoise Ouzan provides an in-depth picture of their coping with the widespread antisemitism that they suffered among their fellow soldiers. Their unexpected encounter with anti-Jewish hostility in French North Africa also shaped their Jewish identity. This excellent study is a most valuable contribution to the history of antisemitism, to the broader picture of the Jewish war experience, and to American Jewish history."—Dan Michman, Head, The International Institute for Holocaust Research; and the John Najmann Chair of Holocaust Studies, Yad Vashem
£25.19
Indiana University Press Less Than Slaves
Book SynopsisReturns to print a classic work about the question of reparations to survivors of forced labour in Nazi concentration campsTrade Review"... this book tells the story of great courage and determination by survivors and their allies to try to compel German companies to make at least partial amends for the use of slave labor during the war. Yet it is also a story of an equally determined refusal to see that past honestly, to own up to it, and to voluntarily try to make it right. As such, whatever its limitations as a historical analysis, it will undoubtedly continue to serve as a valuable starting point for thinking about the efforts to make good again the harm done during the Third Reich. -" -net, April 2005Table of ContentsPreliminary Table of Contents: PrefaceForeword by Telford TaylorPrefaceAcknowledgmentsMap1. The Final Solution—A Brief Reminder2. Auschwitz Survivors v. I.G. Farben3. Accounting with Krupp4. The Electrical Companies See the Light5. The Cannons of rheinmetall6. The Shark Who Got Away7. A Medley of Disappointments8. The Last WordAppendixesNotesIndex
£16.14
Indiana University Press Louis Johnson and the Arming of America
Book SynopsisLouis Johnson was FDR's Assistant Secretary of War and the architect of industrial mobilization plans that put the nation on a war footing prior to its entry into World War II. Later, as Truman's Secretary of Defense, Johnson was given the difficult job of unifying the armed forces and carrying out Truman's orders to reduce defense expenditures.Trade Review"... If Patrick Henry was right about the 'lamp of experience' as our only guide to the future, then this book should be read by all who work within the defense community. The authors offer insightful and timeless conclusions about the personalities that clash and the relationships that form at the very highest levels of the American government. -Parameters http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/06autumn/au" -rev.htm "Without question this is an important new addition to World War II and Cold War historiography... Highly recommended." -Douglas Brinkley, author of Dean Acheson: The Cold War Years and The Unfinished Presidency: Jimmy Carter's Journey beyond the White House "A remarkably objective, yet sympathetic, study of Louis Johnson's life and career. Now only half-remembered,... Johnson was a major national figure. Colorful, aggressive, independent-minded, egotistical, his strong views and conflicts with Dean Acheson proved to be his undoing. All in all, a fascinating tale." -James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense "McFarland and Roll have performed a real service in rescuing from obscurity this Democratic mover and shaker. Their account of the rise and fall of Louis Johnson provides us with the fullest depiction yet of an important Washington figure employed for better or worse as a blunt instrument of policy change by both Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman." -Alonzo L. Hamby, author of Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman and For the Survival of Democracy: Franklin Roosevelt and the World Crisis of the 1930s "[Johnson's] career is a cautionary tale of how even the most ruthlessly effective men can become pawns in the Washington power game. McFarland and Roll bring Johnson to life in this thorough and well-told history." -Evan Thomas, Newsweek, author of Robert Kennedy: His Life and The Very Best Men: The Early Years of the CIATable of ContentsContentsAcknowledgments Introduction1. Bedford Blood2. Foot in the Door3. Like Feuding Schoolboys4. "Basic Shift in Mobilization Planning"5. Understanding FDR6. Surviving FDR7. "But You Promised Me"8. Personal Representative of the President9. Long Shot Pays Off10. Inside the Pentagon11. Revolt of the Admirals12. "Like a Meatchopper on Roundsteak"13. "My God, the Russians Have the Bomb"14. Entangling Alliance15. "Till the Dust Settles"16. Last Week in June17. "Give Me Two American Divisions and I Can Hold Korea"18. Means of Descent19. "Lou, I've Got to Ask You to Quit"20. "Lest Darkness Come"Conclusion NotesSelect BibliographyIndex
£28.80
Indiana University Press The Last Century of Sea Power Volume 2 From
Book SynopsisFollows the fortunes of the established seafaring nations of Europe along with two upstarts - the United States and Japan.Trade Review[T]his is an important contribution to naval history that provides a thoughtful account of the years preceding the Second World War and, at much greater length, of the war itself. 2010 * History *The author, dean of naval historians, provides a sweeping look at, and analysis of, the transformation of naval power . . . [His] dry wit and sense of irony add spice to the impressive array of facts and analysis of the preatesst period of naval warfare. Wilmott is fearless in his judgments.December 2010 * Seapower *Table of ContentsList of Chapter AppendixesList of Maps and a DiagramList of TablesI. Naval Races and Wars1. Introduction: Washington, London, and Two Very Separate Wars, 1921 - 19412. Washington and London3. Ethiopia and Spain4. Japan and Its "Special Undeclared War"II. Introduction to the Second World War5. Navies, Sea Power, and Two or More WarsIII. The Second World War: The European Theater6. Britain and the Defeat of the U-boat Guerre de Course7. With Friends like These8. Italy and the War in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations9. The Lesser Allied Navies and Merchant Marines in the Second World WarIV. The Second World War: The Pacific Theatre10. The War Across the Pacific: Introduction and Conclusion11. The Japanese Situation — and a Japanese Dimension12. The Japanese Situation — and an American Dimension13. The Japanese Situation — and a Second Japanese Dimension14. The Japanese Situation — and Another, and Final, DimensionV. Dealing with Real Enemies15. Finis: The British Home Fleet, 15 August 1945NotesSelected BibliographyIndex
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Indiana University Press The Battle for Western Europe Fall 1944 An
Book SynopsisReexamines the decisions made by Dwight D. Eisenhower and his staff in the crucial months leading up to the Battle of the Bulge. This book demonstrates that not only did Eisenhower and his staff at SHAEF have a good campaign strategy that was refined to reflect current developments but that they also had a chance of destroying the Germans.Trade ReviewAdams' great achievement is including the necessary level of detail to support analysis of a broad spectrum of historical events without boring the reader. Scholars have already examined many of the topics Adams addresses, but they have seldom drawn them together in a coherent evaluation of operational challenges as Adams has. * Military Review *Table of ContentsList of MapsPreface1. Culmination2. Logistics3. SHAEF's Plan4. It Wasn't Arnhem versus Antwerp5. Concentrate, General Bradley6. Patton's Lorraine Campaign7. November Rerun8. Opportunity in the SouthConclusion: Unity of CommandNotesBibliographyIndex
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University of Notre Dame Press Memoirs Red and White
Book SynopsisThis book is Peter F. Dembowski’s memoir of his time as a Polish soldier, serving as a narrative of life before, during, and after World War II. Trade Review"Memoirs Red and White: Poland, the War, and After is a powerful portrait of Polish life in the late 1930s and 1940s, told beautifully through the lens of Peter F. Dembowski's heroic family. Dembowski recounts the adventures of his brave and ethical family members during the Depression, as members of the konspiracja, as well as his mother's and sister's executions in Ravensbrück. The author provides a riveting account of his own heroism during the 1944 Warsaw Uprising and his incarceration in Stalag XB near Sandbostel, as well as his life in the United States after the war. The book describes the patriotism of Poles during a very difficult era. Dembowski's book is an excellent choice for readers who want to learn more about Polish life, patriotism, and history during the Second World War." —Eric Sterling, Distinguished Research Professor of English, Auburn University at Montgomery“Peter F. Dembowski’s Memoirs Red and White: Poland, the War, and After is the moving testimony of an individual who has had firsthand knowledge of the most dramatic moments in the history of the twentieth century. His story is one of heroic courage, honesty, and optimism." —Thomas Pavel Gordon J. Laing Distinguished Service Professor in Romance Languages and Literature, University of Chicago"Memoirs Red and White vividly describes life in Poland before and during the war. It touches on the issues of war and resistance, life in the camps, and the gruesome toll of death and survival. While there is no shortage of literature on the war and camps, Dembowski adds new vignettes and details that will be of interest to a general reader. I think it is important to have Dembowski's record of the events in print as the last of the war generation is disappearing, taking with them their memories and life stories." —Michael Khodarkovsky, Loyola University Chicago"Peter F. Dembowski . . . provides an engrossing glimpse into his early life growing up in Poland prior to World War II and his subsequent immigration to Canada and eventually the United States. . . . In the summer of 1943, Dembowski participated in the Polish resistance. He was captured and detained by the Gestapo, and his release was quite unexpected by his family. A year later, Dembowski was again captured and sent to one of the many internment camps outside of Warsaw until it was liberated by the British. . . . [This] success story of a World War II survivor from Poland is enlightening, inspirational, and thoughtful." —Foreword Reviews“An impressively written and detailed autobiography, Memoirs Red and White: Poland, the War, and After showcases a life lived out in the interesting times. An informative and absorbing read from beginning to end, ‘Memoirs Red and White’ is very highly recommended for bother community and academic library Contemporary Biography collections.” —The Midwest Book Review “To this memoir [Dembowski] brings the academic’s discipline and dispassionate approach not to mention a lifetime of reflection. . . Dembowski has a flair for the out of the ordinary. Here he strives to present complexity, challenging simplistic notions of Polish-German animosity, anti-Communism, and anti-Semitism. . . This book is but a modest contribution to a fairly hefty body of material but will nonetheless reward the reader seeking insight into Poland’s world war.” —Humanities and Social Sciences Online “Written in an engaging, conversational style, Memoirs Red and White is both a witness to the tumultuous course of events in the 20th century and the record of a life truly well lived. It will certainly have appeal to those interested in Polish culture and history, World War II, the lives of Polish Americans, or biographies of academics, as well as those who enjoy stirring examples of heroism, courage, and endurance. Highly recommended, this book is suitable for public and academic libraries alike.” —Catholic Library World“Dembowski is exceptional for conveying a truthful picture of what he witnessed during the war. He avoids the trap of obviously interpreting his memories through the prism of subsequent accounts. He is impressively balanced and objective even though the account of his war-time experiences are harrowing and in many ways complex.” —European History Quarterly “This compelling memoir offers much to historians researching the twentieth century. . . . Dembowski’s memoir is particularly moving when he writes of his family. . . . Throughout his life Dembowski has drawn strength from his Christian faith. And even those who profess no faith are likely to be touched by his reflection on death in the final pages of his memoir.” —Journal of Contemporary History
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University of Notre Dame Press Back to Peace
Book SynopsisScholars have rarely studied a society's return to peace as a cultural category, as a formative experience common to many lives at any time in history. This collection of original essays by historians and literary critics explores the complex and difficult question of how a culture does, in fact, return to peace after a war. Combining analyses of both literary texts and historical sources, the contributors focus on the cultural, political, and personal implications of returning to peace.The volume begins with an introductory essay by its editors, arguing for the need to consider back to peace as a significant phenomenon, not just a brief step between war and peace. The first section of the volume, Return of the Combatant, begins with an essay describing how soldiers in the trenches have imagined what civilian life would be like. This, and the four other essayson F. Scott Fitzgerald''s Tender is the Night, on Japanese POWs, on the return from World War II, and from VietTrade Review“This remarkable collection extends the analysis of war literature into a new area by asking what happens after the cessation of hostilities. How can individuals, indeed entire cultures, return to peace? This groundbreaking collection shows how war's destruction and terrible creations continue long after the conflict has ended. Essential.” —Choice“[Back to Peace] attempts an 'understanding of war' not as an absolute, but as the manifestation of contradictory human tendencies: to self-destruction and philanthropy; and its analyzes the various literary responses to the processes that individuals, communities and nations undertake in order to return to the 'prelapsarian' status quo. All the editors and contributors must be congratulated for their daring approach to a theme and label, peace, that should be debated and reviewed from the points of view of history, sociology, philosophy, politics and even anthropology. It is to the credit of Usandizaga and Monnickendam that they have conducted such a pioneering study in the field of literature.” —Journal of the Spanish Association of Anglo-American Studies“Back to Peace, which straddles literature, history, and politics, does not disappoint. . . .The volume aims 'to initiate the pioneering work of searching for the common language of the return to peace' by examining literature of war and literature about war. And it finds this language of a return to peace in art itself-a poignant place to begin, since artists are so tellingly among the first groups to be eradicated in repressive regimes and in times of violence.” —Human Rights & Human Welfare: An International Review of Books and Other Publications“The editors . . . present 14 essays that examine textual representations of post-conflict transitions to peace.” —Research Book News“Essays that use literary and other texts to explore the experience of returning soldiers and other societal postwar transitions.” —The Chronicle of Higher Education“Back to Peace provides a critical meditation on the contested social and cultural terrains of peacetime, from Dryden's England to the more recent diaspora of Vietnamese writers in exile. The editors of this volume bring together an international group of scholars to trouble the categories of peace and war, to expose the anxieties and ambiguities that strew the paths of postwar writers. Readers of these essays will find rich evidence that the return to peace—represented in poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction—is anything but peaceful for individuals or nations.” —Jane E. Schultz, Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis“The focus of this volume of essays on the literary representation of the aftermaths of wars over time and place is very significant. Although there have been many studies of gender and wartime, and this has expanded into a recognized field of academic study, little attention has been paid to the return to a peacetime landscape. To focus on this complex subject and its literature provides the opening not only for new pathways to academic teaching and research, but to important interventions in the ways we think about war literature and the many periods that fall under the rubric of ‘interwar.” —Phyllis Lassner, Northwestern University
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University of Notre Dame Press Soldiers of a Different Cloth
Book SynopsisIn Soldiers of a Different Cloth, New York Times best-selling author and military historian John Wukovits tells the inspiring story of thirty-five chaplains and missionaries who, while garnering little acclaim, performed extraordinary feats of courage and persistence during World War II. Ranging in age from twenty-two to fifty-three, these University of Notre Dame priests and nuns were counselor, friend, parent, and older sibling to the young soldiers they served. These chaplains experienced the horrors of the Death March in the Philippines and the filthy holds of the infamous Hell Ships. They dangled from a parachute while descending toward German fire at Normandy and shivered in Belgium's frigid snows during the Battle of the Bulge. They languished in German and Japanese prison camps, and stood speechless at Dachau.Based on a vast collection of letters, papers, records, and photographs in the archives of the University of Notre Dame, as well as other contemporary souTrade Review"The stories of these heroic members of the Holy Cross order have never been told before. John Wukovits dug deeply into the Notre Dame archives and elsewhere to bring them to light. He does it adroitly, with a historian’s care and a writer’s heart. We are in his debt." —Fr. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., from the foreword"John Wukovits’s professional background in World War II history—over a thirty-year career he has authored ten books and served as on-air commentator and adviser for television documentaries—as well as his own association with the university as a 1967 graduate, lend credence to his research and writing. His knowledge of World War II history, combined with his ties to the university, make him ideal to tell this story of men who comprised one of Notre Dame’s greatest teams." —Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C., from the introduction"As Father Joe Barry, C.S.C., said at the end of the War, ‘I believe that I have seen my share of blood, death, mud, hunger and cold.’ On the front lines, in ships under attack, in prisoner-of-war camps, in medical care facilities, these stalwart men and women brought a devoted ministry of sacramental participation, counsel, and care for the grieving. Their collective story has now been told by John Wukovits with full appreciation for the dedication, courage and deep commitment that it entailed." —Rev. Edward A. Malloy, C.S.C., President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame"This riveting account of the heroic contributions of 35 chaplains and missionaries during World War II is nearly impossible to put down. The author, John F. Wukovits, is a renowned military historian who melds rigorous research with expert storytelling. The result is an inspiring and richly detailed narrative that reveals the challenges that these religious—priests along with some brothers and sisters of Notre Dame's Congregation of Holy Cross—faced." —The Boston Pilot"This is a story that is untold and yet so important and appealing to all who believe whether Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, or agnostic. It should be read by anyone who wishes to know more about individual sacrifice, bravery, and suffering sustained by individuals during wartime for love of their fellow brothers." —Robert LeClercq, volunteer, National Museum of the Pacific War"Soldiers of a Different Cloth: Notre Dame Chaplains in World War II is excellent, and in fact a real page turner. I did not expect to enjoy so thoroughly this substantial book about a select number of priests serving during World War II. The book relies on an impressive array of primary sources to convey a compelling story of the Notre Dame priests who served during World War II." —Lyle Dorsett, Beeson Divinity School, Samford University"John Wukovits shines light on a previously little-known aspect of World War II: the vital role that chaplains—especially those from Notre Dame—played in providing spiritual comfort during times of great stress, and in aiding the sick, wounded, and others 'at the hour of their deaths.' For a long time medics have been regarded as 'unsung heroes' on the battlefield; to that short list can now be added chaplains. This superbly written work will do much to open peoples' eyes to these often-overlooked brave and selfless men." —Flint Whitlock, author and editor of WWII Quarterly magazine“Wukovits’s book is a harrowing account of men and women who strove to remain spiritual leaders as the world appeared dead-set in destroying itself.” —American Catholic Studies"Wukovits, a prolific author and historian of the Second World War, is also a second-generation Notre Dame graduate, and in this engaging work, he tells the stories of nearly three dozen chaplains (having deep connections to South Bend themselves) who left Indiana to serve on foreign fields. . . . Thoroughly researched, clearly written, and often emotionally moving, Soldiers of a Different Cloth will be a must read for professional and 'lay' historians of war, religion, and the intersection thereof." —H-WarTable of ContentsFOREWORD PREFACE CHRONOLOGY Part 1. THE CHAPLAINS HEAD TO WAR, 1920s to DECEMBER 1943 1. “Our First Baptism of Blood”: War Opens in the Philippines 2. “The Chaplain Is the Servant of God for All”: Chaplains in War Training 3. “Surely War Is a Dirty Game”: The Chaplains Go to War Part 2. CHAPLAINS AT THE BATTLEFRONT, JANUARY 1943 to DECEMBER 1944 4. “I Never Expected to Come Out of the Philippines Alive”: Chaplains in the Pacific, 1943 5. “Daily Was I Shelled, Nightly Was I Bombed”: Father Barry from Sicily to Rome 6. “Face to Face with the Realism, the Tragedy, and the Horror of the War”: Father Sampson at D-Day 7. “Our Chaplains Are Becoming More Scattered Every Week”: Chaplains in the Pacific, 1944 8. “Hope Mr. Hitler Goes Underground Before Winter”: Chaplains in Europe to the End of 1944 Part 3. ONWARD TO VICTORY, JANUARY 1945 to PRESENT 9. “I Had the Devil Scared Out of Me Many a Time”: Closing in on Japan 10. “Facing the Insanity of Himmler’s Madmen”: Onward to Victory in Europe 11. “You Could Have Heard My Cheer in Niles”: Onward to Victory in the Pacific 12. “I Have Seen My Share of Blood, Death, Mud, Hunger and Cold”: Home
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University of Notre Dame Press No Bridges Blown
Book SynopsisA rediscovered classic of military history. No Bridges Blown is a story of mistakes, failures, and survival; a story of volunteers and countrymen working together in the French countryside. Dreux brings the history of World War II to life with stories of real people amidst a small section of the fighting in France.Trade Review“I recommend No Bridges Blown as a book that ought to be a classic of wartime literature. I recommend it to anyone who wants to understand the personal implications of war, the stress of life in occupied territory, some of the roots of American special operations forces, or just wants a fascinating and beautifully written explanation of a tiny piece of the fight in France.” —Russell Worth Parker, Lieutenant Colonel, US Marine Corps"A readable and interesting reconstruction of the past!" —Library Journal“William Dreux’s account of his time with the Office of Strategic Services' (OSS) elite Jedburgh teams is the rare war story offering a glimpse into the vital work that took place behind the lines of battle. No Bridges Blown is a compelling, illuminating memoir of his time working with the French Resistance, a valuable companion to tales of combat.” —Gregory A. Freeman, author of The Forgotten 500“No Bridges Blown is one of the most authentic accounts of life behind-the-lines in Occupied France that I've ever read.” —Colin Beavan, author of Operation Jedburgh"Quietly written yet intensely interesting." —Publishers Weekly“The men and women of the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) were some of the most dynamic and pioneering in American history. Jedburgh captain William Dreux's compelling prose captures not only the gristle but also the meat of these important contributions in his World War II memoir No Bridges Blown. What's old is new—the tenets and principles developed by the OSS continue to ring true in today's conflicts.” —Patrick K. O'Donnell, best-selling author of The Unknowns and First SEALS“In the summer of 1944, as the Allies made brutally slow headway in liberating France, teams of paratroopers—including French officers—were dropped behind enemy lines to coordinate guerrilla operations with resistance leaders. . . . In No Bridges Blown, United States infantry officer William Dreux memorializes his riveting experiences on one of those teams in Brittany . . . Dreux’s beautifully rendered depiction . . . is unique and revelatory.” —Foreword Reviews
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SPCK Publishing Defying the Holocaust Ten courageous Christians
Book SynopsisThe stories of ten Christians who, at immense personal risk, protected and rescued Jews from the Nazis.Trade ReviewThe vast majority of those living under Nazi control were either complicit or turned a blind eye to what was happening. Yet a few, at great risk to their own lives, did all they could to save Jews from capture and death. They are a crucial reminder that the Holocaust was not inevitable. It was not written in fate. There were choices to be made. Tim Dowley does a vital job in telling the stores of ten of the brave men and women who did dare to stand up against the cruelty of the times . Simply and vividly told, these lives both inspire and challenge us. * Richard Harries, author of 'After the Evil: Christianity and Judaism in the shadow of the holocaust.' *Some books have to be written. Some stories have to be told. Defying the Holocaust will make your heart pound. It will bring you to tears. Its stories will inspire you. Its message will change you. * Steve Chalke, MBE, author of The Lost Message of Paul *
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University of Washington Press The Crown and the Capitalists
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Superb passages of original and unusual research . . . [a] sweeping, polemical treatment of a century of history." * Bangkok Post *"This insightful monograph is unquestionably a tour de force worth reading by both amateurs and professional scholars whose interest lies in Thai history and the Chinese in Thailand." * Journal of Chinese Overseas *"[A] path-breaking and fascinating interpretation of modern Thai history." * South East Asia Research *"[A] provocative book that promises to reopen debates about the relationship between Chineseness, Thai nationalism, and the Thai monarchy." * Southeast Asian Studies *"Wongsurawat provocatively flips the usual narrative about Thai nationalism." * Choice *"Wongsurawat’s book offers a more complete view of the nature of the Thai nation and of the triangular relation between Chinese, Thai people, and the monarchy. Her interesting book makes clear the evolution of the Thai nation and explores the fundamental role of the national educational system for the shaping of national identity." * The Middle Ground Journal *"[A]n excellent and most thoughtful contribution to the understanding of the Chinese diaspora in Thailand and Southeast Asia." * H-Net Reviews *
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University of Washington Press The Crown and the Capitalists
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Superb passages of original and unusual research . . . [a] sweeping, polemical treatment of a century of history." * Bangkok Post *"This insightful monograph is unquestionably a tour de force worth reading by both amateurs and professional scholars whose interest lies in Thai history and the Chinese in Thailand." * Journal of Chinese Overseas *"[A] path-breaking and fascinating interpretation of modern Thai history." * South East Asia Research *"[A] provocative book that promises to reopen debates about the relationship between Chineseness, Thai nationalism, and the Thai monarchy." * Southeast Asian Studies *"Wongsurawat provocatively flips the usual narrative about Thai nationalism." * Choice *"Wongsurawat’s book offers a more complete view of the nature of the Thai nation and of the triangular relation between Chinese, Thai people, and the monarchy. Her interesting book makes clear the evolution of the Thai nation and explores the fundamental role of the national educational system for the shaping of national identity." * The Middle Ground Journal *"[A]n excellent and most thoughtful contribution to the understanding of the Chinese diaspora in Thailand and Southeast Asia." * H-Net Reviews *
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University of Washington Press One Left
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Through this story the author restores a past that has been erased by history and emphasizes the historical memory of what must never be repeated or forgotten." * Daejon Ilbo *"[An] exceptional novel… Soom captures the agonizing legacy of a dark chapter from the recent past." * Booklist *"The process of directly confronting the comfort women’s hellish experiences is truly painful. However, because the novel is not a product of the author’s imagination but in fact based on historical reality, we cannot turn our heads away. No, we must not." * Donga Ilbo *"Though it is fiction, Kim Soom’s novel is steeped in fact. One Left dignifies its subjects as an authentic memorial that makes an indelible mark on history." * Foreword Reviews *"It may seem cliché to state that a novel is necessary. But this one really is." * Asian Review of Books *"This is a painful, powerful literary indictment of the systemic subjugation of Korean comfortwomen, whose own #MeToo movement has yet to be fully reckoned with, decades after the fact." * Bookmonger *"This Korean novel dramatizes, with indelible force, the utter dehumanization of women confined to authoritarian patriarchal imprisonment." * The Arts Fuse *"[A] landmark — the first novel dedicated to depicting comfort women, a topic that invokes as much weariness as it does outrage among today’s public. Though a work of fiction, Kim Soom’s story is based on exhaustive research and testimonies given by actual comfort women...By rendering this topic in the form of a novel, Kim injects a new sense of emotional urgency in recognizing these very real and hauntingly painful experiences." * International Examiner *"[S]ynthesizes acute personal memories with painful history, straddling the line between fact and fiction. The result is a gut-wrenching narrative." * Korean Herald *"All credit then, to author, translators and publisher for bringing this important book to us." * London Korean Links *"In their even, experienced hands the translation avoids any temptation toward melodrama or obscenity, especially tricky and crucial given the raw, violent subject at hand... For English readers, one must note commensurate, masterful sensitivity to every word and nuance in the translation." * Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature (TSWL) *"[T]he first Korean novel devoted exclusively to the subject of the “comfort women.” In direct opposition to the Japanese government’s efforts to suppress the memory of its sex slave camps, Kim chooses to deploy language like a scalpel, crafting her narrative from the testimonies of dozens of Korean survivors... Granting dignity to the few living survivors is a matter of urgency, as highlighted by the fictional construct of One Left." * Ploughshares *"In this a telling of a tragic history from the perspective of one elderly former sex slave who sees herself as “the last one,” Kim revitalizes energy for this irreconcilable injustice in a new generation of readers." * Korean Quarterly *
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University of Washington Press East Central Europe between the Two World Wars
Book SynopsisA sophisticated political history of East Central Europe in the interwar years.Trade Review"In scope, depth of analysis, and, not the least, fairness and objectivity, this book has no rivals as far as the area of East Central Europe is concerned. It will certainly become required reading in all area—related courses, and one hopes that it will also win a place for itself on reading lists for courses in modern Europe." * Slavic Review *"Several outstanding works have appeared in English on East Central Europe..but Rothschild’s book is now the best single volume available on the region as a whole." * Political Science Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroductory Survey Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary Yugoslavia Romania Bulgaria Albania On the Periphery of East Central Europe: the Baltic States Survey of Culture Bibliographical Essay Index
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University of Washington Press Japanese Americans
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University of Washington Press And Justice for All
Book SynopsisPersonal accounts of Japanese Americans kept in relocation camps during World War II express experiences with riots, unsanitary conditions, poor medical care, government inqueries, and divided families.
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University of Washington Press Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway 19401945
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] very informative, exciting, and stimulating book about the resistance of the Church of Norway to Nazism during the German occupation 1940-1945….It is an important contribution." -- Torleiv Austad * Lutheran Quarterly *"Hassing’s book is a valuable contribution to our understanding of the Norwegian Church during the Nazi occupation. One of the few books on this topic available in English, this book speaks to larger issues concerning the relationship between church and state, religious ethics, and resistance and should be of interest to a wide range of scholars of religious history, political history, the history of World War II and Norwegian history." -- Anna M. Peterson * Journal of Church and State *"Hassing’s volume is an important contribution to the literature. . . . This book is a “must” for the library of anyone interested in the Lutheran Church, national politics during the Nazi era, twentieth-century Norwegian history, and church resistance in the face of adversity." -- Brenda L. Gaydosh * Historian, The *"Hassing weaves a compelling story. His account of the struggle that was waged to prevent the establishment of a youth organization modeled after the Hitler Youth is particularly striking." -- Patrick Bernhard * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Map of the Church of Norway’s dioceses in 1940 Part One | Preludes 1. German Prelude 5 2. Norwegian Preludes Part Two | Invasion, Accommodation, Collaboration 3. Weserubung 4. Forging a Front Part Three | Resistance 5. In Defense of a Just State 6. The NS Church System 7. Against Nazification 8. In Defense of the Church 9. The Resignation of the Bishops 10. In Defense of the Young 11. Easter 1942 Part Four | Contesting NS Legitimacy 12. Negotiations? 13. The Autonomous Church 14. The NS Church Part Five | Final Protests 15. In Defense of Jews 16. Against Compulsory Labor Service Part Six | Holding Out 17. Between the Times Part Seven | Liberation 18. The Reckoning Epilogue: Legacies Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Washington Press Desert Exile
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A sensitive, readable account that captures with insight and human warmth the feel of what it was like to be sent by one’s own government into exile in the wilderness. It is a work worthy of an unforgettable experience." * Pacific Citizen *"In Desert Exile the happy life of a Japanese American family before [being removed to a] concentration camp makes their surrealist nightmare experience after December 7, 1941, all the more inexplicable and horrifying." * San Francisco Review of Books *"Desert Exile is a beautifully written personal history. . . . Uchida’s intention was to illuminate the Issei and Nisei internment experience on a personal level for the benefit of later generations. She has succeeded." * Western Historical Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroduction by Traise Yamamoto 1. The House above Grove Street 2. On Being Japanese and American 3. Pearl Harbor 4. Evacuation 5. Tanforan: A Horse Stall for Four 6. Tanforan: City behind Barbed Wire 7. Topaz: City of Dust 8. Topaz: Winter’s Despair Epilogue
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MV - University of Washington Press And Justice for All
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Confronting History A Memoir
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin An Epitaph for German Judaism From Halle to
Book SynopsisEmil Fackenheim's life work was to call upon the world at large to confront the Holocaust as an unprecedented assault on the Jewish people, Judaism, and all humanity. Here, he looks back on his life, at the profound and painful circumstances that shaped him as a philosopher and a committed Jewish thinker.Trade Review"An illuminating and affecting memoir by a seminal Jewish thinker of the twentieth century." - Raul Hilberg, author of The Destruction of the European Jews "Fackenheim's influence on present-day Jewish thought has been profound, and these memoirs show why." - Yehuda Bauer, Hebrew University, Jerusalem"
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin A Childhood Under Hitler and Stalin Memoirs of a
Book SynopsisMichael Wieck's account of his childhood in Konigsberg recalls a German city obliterated by fire-bombing during World War II. In the midst of privation, savagery and death, there were moments of absurdity.
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Between Resistance and Martyrdom Jehovahs
Book SynopsisRefusing to perform military service under Germany's Third Reich due to their fundamental belief in nonviolence, Jehovah's Witnesses caught the attention of the highest authorities in the justice system, the police, and the SS. This is a comprehensive historical study of the persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses during the Holocaust era.
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Through the Day through the Night A Flemish
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin J. D. Salinger and the Nazis
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin A Reckoning Philippine Trials of Japanese War
Book SynopsisExamination of postwar trials is now a thriving area of research, but Sharon W. Chamberlain is the first to offer an authoritative assessment of the legal proceedings convened in the Philippines. These were trials conducted by Asians, not Western powers, and centred on the abuses suffered by local inhabitants rather than by prisoners of war.Trade ReviewA riveting historical narrative. Making extensive use of primary sources, it offers a wealth of information and stories of real people through whose eyes Chamberlain unravels the complex postwar matrix of colonization and decolonization, hatred and forgiveness, and hard political and economic calculations."" - Franziska Seraphim, author of War Memory and Social Politics in Japan, 1945–2005Table of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Japanese Usage Abbreviations Introduction 1 War Crimes during the Occupation: The Picture That Emerges from the Trials 2 Rising to the Challenge: Assuming Responsibility for Trials 3 The Trials: Questions of Guilt and Innocence 4 Awaiting Their Fate: Sentence Reviews, Reprieves, and Executions 5 From Retribution to Resolution: The Journey from Executions to Pardons 6 Constructing Narratives and Assessing Impact Conclusion Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Last Days of Theresienstadt
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin The World of Aufbau Hitlers Refugees in America
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MP-WIS Uni of Wisconsin Last Train to Auschwitz The French National Railways and the Journey to Accountability
Book SynopsisGrounded in history and case law, Last Train to Auschwitz traces the SNCF's journey toward accountability in France and the United States, culminating in a multimillion-dollar settlement paid by the French government on behalf of the railways.Trade ReviewAn excellent, well-written, original contribution to a growing field of business and human rights. Last Train to Auschwitz engagingly weaves together victims' narratives and historical and legal archives to provide a compelling contribution to the study of corporate accountability and transitional justice."" - Leigh Payne, University of Oxford ""A pathbreaking book on Holocaust memory. Setting the SNCF struggle with its past into a transatlantic exchange, Federman has written an integrated history of an unfinished controversy that has already lasted more than thirty years. An important work for understanding the role of businesses in transitional justice."" - Jean-Marc Dreyfus, University of Manchester
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University of Wisconsin Press Last Train to Auschwitz The French National
Book SynopsisGrounded in history and case law, Last Train to Auschwitz traces the French National Railways’ (SNCF) journey toward accountability in France and the United States, culminating in a multimillion-dollar settlement paid by the French government on behalf of the railways.
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University of Wisconsin Press Continental Films French Cinema under German
Book SynopsisUsing recently opened archival documents, including reams of testimony from the epuration (purification) hearings conducted shortly after the war, Christine Leteux has produced the most authoritative and complete history of the Continental Film company and its impact on the French film industry - both during the war and after.Table of Contents Preface Prologue Chapter 1: Paris, Autumn 1940 Chapter 2: Alfred Greven Chapter 3: The beginnings of a society Chapter 4: Early productions Chapter 5: Decoin and Greven Chapter 6: Henri-Georges Clouzot, scriptwriter Chapter 7: Les Inconnus dans la maison (The Strangers in the House) Chapter 8: Greven’s empire Chapter 9: Leaving Continental Chapter 10: The Russians of Billancourt Chapter 11: A Trip to Berlin Chapter 12: The Harry Baur affair Chapter 13: Filming in the afternoon Chapter 14: New directors Chapter 15: The Caprices affair Chapter 16: Richard Pottier Chapter 17: Maurice Tourneur Chapter 18: La Main du diable (Carnival of Sinners) Chapter 19: Maneuvers in a neutral zone Chapter 20: Documentaries Chapter 21: Le Corbeau (The Raven) Chapter 22: Les AnnÉes difficiles (Difficult Years) Chapter 23: La Vie de plaisir (Life of Pleasure) Chapter 24: Endgame Chapter 25: Purge Chapter 26: Greven’s last years Filmography Bibliography
£31.96
Yale University Press Children of Cambodias Killing Fields
Book SynopsisA collection of eyewitness accounts by Cambodian survivors of Pol Pot's genocidal Khmer Rouge regime in the 1970s. Each witness was a child at the time of Cambodia's holocaust, and each tells of families torn apart, struggles to survive, and the ultimate triumph of the human spirit.
£22.50
Yale University Press At Memorys Edge AfterImagesof the Holocaust in
Book SynopsisHow should Germany commemorate the mass murder of Jews once committed in its name? James E. Young - the only foreigner and Jew to serve on the German commission to select a design for a national Holocaust memorial - tells the inside story of this controversial project.Trade Review"The brilliance of James Young's theoretical insights is matched by his outstanding knowledge of the vast array of representations of the Shoah and by his artistic and literary sensitivity. At Memory's Edge will become an influential book." Saul Friedlander "Young's book needs no extra boost, and yet this recent debate over the meaning of German nationalism gives his subject another dimension of topicality, proving again how accurately discussions of art can pinpoint all that's buried just beneath the surface of everyday life." Robert Leiter, New York Times Book Review "A beautifully written and illustrated book that tells us something profound about the featured artistic projects and their contexts." Natasha Lehrer, Jewish Quarterly "This book provides for further study of the nature and meanings of memory, and on the way contemporary artists contribute to the broad and growing discussion of what memory is." Jay Winter, Art Bulletin
£27.50
