{"product_id":"european-home-fronts-1939-1945-9780882959061","title":"European Home Fronts 1939  1945","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Great Britain: The Islands Fortress 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Appeasement Era 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChurchill Becomes Britain’s War Leader 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Battle of Britain 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOther British Cities Attacked 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First American Moves Toward Alliance 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Days of Austerity 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Troops in Britain 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreparations for the Invasion of the Continent 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. The Soviet Union 23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRapidity of German Conquests 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStalin’s “Patriotic War” 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Years of Defeat: 1941-1942 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of Allied Aid 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFall 1942: The Tide Begins to Turn 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. France: Under The German Heel 40\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolitical and Economic Chaos 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMilitary Incompetence and Disastrous Defeat 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Nature of the Vichy Regime 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe German Occupation 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHostages and Forced Labor 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Great Misery of Paris 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Resistance 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDe Gaulle’s Move to Leadership 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reminder of France Occupied 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fighting French 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. The Axis Powers: Germany and Italy 65\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerman Military Spirit 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDid the German Public Want War? 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProblems with the Churches 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Invasion of Russia 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDomestic Shortages 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBad News from the Battle Fronts 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirestorms in Hamburg 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Final Solution 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHorrors of the Last Days 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Italians at War 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeclining Popular Support for Mussolini 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMilitary Blunders and Defeats 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fall of Mussolini 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Neo-Fascist Regime 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Allied Campaign in Italy 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Poland and the Holocaust 93\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Destruction of Poland 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGovernments in Exile 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Final Solution in Poland 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Warsaw Uprising 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Other Home Fronts 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresumed Aryan States: The Low Countries and Scandinavia 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fate of Czechoslovakia 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFire in the Balkans 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostscript 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 151\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406459347287,"sku":"9780882959061","price":18.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780882959061.jpg?v=1730495892","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/european-home-fronts-1939-1945-9780882959061","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}