A World at Arms

A World at Arms
Author: Gerhard L. Weinberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 1210
Release: 2013-07-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0511252935

In a new edition featuring a new preface, A World of Arms remains a classic of global history. Widely hailed as a masterpiece, this volume remains the first history of World War II to provide a truly global account of the war that encompassed six continents. Starting with the changes that restructured Europe and its colonies following the First World War, Gerhard Weinberg sheds new light on every aspect of World War II. Actions of the Axis, the Allies, and the Neutrals are covered in every theater of the war. More importantly, the global nature of the war is examined, with new insights into how events in one corner of the world helped affect events in often distant areas.

On American Soil

On American Soil
Author: Jack Hamann
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1565123948

Describes the 1944 lynching murder of an Italian POW at Seattle's Fort Lawton, the international outcry that followed, and the court-martial, the largest of World War II, that accused more than forty African-American soldiers of the crime.

A World at Arms

A World at Arms
Author: Gerhard L. Weinberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 614
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521558792

Provides an overview of the entire war from a global perspective, looking at diplomatic actions, military strategy, economic developments, and pressures from the home front

The Oxford Companion to World War II

The Oxford Companion to World War II
Author: Ian Dear
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 1039
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780192806666

From blitzkrieg and blackout to ghettos and Guadalcanal, World War II was a conflict that touched all nations and penetrated all aspects of people's lives. Sixty years after it ended, it still shapes the world we live in today. With over 1,750 A-Z entries, by more than 140 specialist contributors from Germany, Italy, and Japan, as well as from the Allied nations, the Companion provides uniquely worldwide coverage of the war. The strategies, forces, battles, and campaigns, and the social, political, and economicenvironments in which they operated are explored from both sides of the conflict. Every aspect of the war is covered: in-depth surveys of the countries involved in the conflict; politics and strategy; domestic and economic issues; resistance and intelligence; campaigns and battles; warfare and weapons; wartime leaders and influential people; slogans and slangThe Companion's comprehensive coverage and in-depth analysis are supported by hundreds of maps, charts, and diagrams, and a full chronology.

Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys

Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys
Author: James H. Madison
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0253350476

Elizabeth Richardson was a Red Cross volunteer who worked as a Clubmobile hostess during World War II. Handing out free doughnuts, coffee, cigarettes, and gum to American soldiers in England and France, she and her colleagues provided a touch of home.--From publisher description.

The Army Almanac

The Army Almanac
Author: Gordon Russell Young
Publisher:
Total Pages: 826
Release: 1959
Genre:
ISBN:

Amerikansk militærhistorie, amerikanske hær's historie. Army Almanac for 1959. Udkom første gang i 1950 (dette ex. er på DEPOT I-1159). KGB har1959-udgaven med ajourførte oplysninger på Læsesalen. En form for grundbog om US Army. Indeholder alle mulige nyttige oplysninger og informationer om den amerikanske hær, organisation, opdeling, enheder, uddannelse, officerskorpset, veteraner, material, våben, uniformer, udrustning, efterretningsvirksomhed, logistikområdet, militærlove, dekorationer og belønninger, oversigt over generaler, hærens relationer til det civile, m.m. samt afsnit om USA's deltagelse i krige og væbnede konflikter fra Uafhængighedskrigene i 1775 til Koreakrigen i 1950, væbnede konflikter, "småkrige", m.m.

The Negro Press

The Negro Press
Author: United States. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Publisher:
Total Pages: 18
Release: 1941
Genre: African American press
ISBN:

The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II

The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II
Author: Herbert Feis
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2015-03-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1400868262

This book discusses the decision to use the atomic bomb. Libraries and scholars will find it a necessary adjunct to their other studies by Pulitzer-Prize author Herbert Feis on World War II. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

The Struggle for the Files

The Struggle for the Files
Author: Astrid M. Eckert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2012-02-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521880181

This book traces the history of German records captured by American and British troops in 1945 and the negotiations for their return into German custody.