[PDF] The United States At War 1941 1945 eBook

Author : Gary R. Hess
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 50,51 MB
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 1118806581

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This 3rd edition presents a concise overview of how the war was fought as well as a consideration of the ways in which Americans regarded allies and enemies, embraced heroes, and viewed the war's purpose. Making the important distinction between popular notions and military and political realities, Gary Hess helps today's readers to better understand the complexity of the conflict. Updated to incorporate the latest scholarship, this latest edition also includes new material to underscore more fully the moral dimensions of the war, including the American decision to use the atomic bomb, the ruthless campaigns of both the Germans and Russians in Eastern Europe, American reaction to the Holocaust as well as the government's post-war tolerance and protection of Nazis deemed valuable to Cold War research and intelligence. Enhanced coverage of specific topics including the Bataan Death March, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Allied uncovering of concentration camps rounds out the narrative.

Author : Clark G. Reynolds
Publisher : Gallery Books
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 16,28 MB
Release : 1990-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780831703004

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Chronicles America's involvement in World War II, the country's tranformation from an isolationist republic to a world leader, and how Americans lived through those years

Author : Alexander Werth
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 35,86 MB
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1510716270

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In 1941, Russian-born British journalist Alexander Werth observed the unfolding of the Soviet-German conflict with his own eyes. What followed was the widely acclaimed book, Russia at War, first printed in 1964. At once a history of facts, a collection of interviews, and a document of the human condition, Russia at War is a stunning, modern classic that chronicles the savagery and struggles on Russian soil during the most incredible military conflict in modern history. As a behind-the-scenes eyewitness to the pivotal, shattering events as they occurred, Werth chronicles with vivid detail the hardships of everyday citizens, massive military operations, and the political movements toward diplomacy as the world tried to reckon with what they had created. Despite its sheer historical scope, Werth tells the story of a country at war in startlingly human terms, drawing from his daily interviews and conversations with generals, soldiers, peasants, and other working class civilians. The result is a unique and expansive work with immeasurable breadth and depth, built on lucid and engaging prose, that captures every aspect of a terrible moment in human history. Now newly updated with a foreword by Soviet historian Nicolas Werth, the son of Alexander Werth, this new edition of Russia at War continues to be indispensable World War II journalism and the definitive historical authority on the Soviet-German war.

Author : Richard Polenberg
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 11,81 MB
Release : 1980-07-21
Category : History
ISBN :

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A discussion of the radical alteration of the character of American society caused by World War II. The war redefined the relationship of government to the individual and of individuals to each other, and it posed questions about the relationship between civilians and the military, between liberty and security, between special interests and national purpose.

Author : Chris Dixon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 19,60 MB
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : History
ISBN : 1107112699

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Dixon provides the first comprehensive study of African American military and social experiences during the Pacific War.

Author : David R. Stone
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 29,25 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN :

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"Chapters explore key aspects of the Soviet organization of the war, and shed fresh light on the transformation achieved by Stalin and his generals, who faced the prospect of utter defeat in 1941. The structure, tactics and operation of the Red Army through the war years are examined in close detail. The real impact of partisans and resistance fighters is reconsidered as is the role of women and the influence of propaganda. And the authors explore the economic and industrial policies -- and achievements -- that made victory on the battlefields possible"--Jacket.

Author : Gaddis Smith
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 30,32 MB
Release : 1965
Category :
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Bogen handler om 2. Verdenskrig set fra datidens amerikanske lederes side og handler om personers, nationale erfaringers og militær strategis indflydelse på diplomatiske beslutninger. - Stormagter, politik, Rusland, Sovjetunionen, Storbritannien, England

Author : Dan Van der Vat
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 30,23 MB
Release : 1992-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0671792172

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Naval history of the United States and Japan in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

Author : Geoffrey C. Ward
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 486 pages
File Size : 29,23 MB
Release : 2007-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0307262839

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The vivid voices that speak from these pages are not those of historians or scholars. They are the voices of ordinary men and women who experienced—and helped to win—the most devastating war in history, in which between 50 and 60 million lives were lost. Focusing on the citizens of four towns— Luverne, Minnesota; Sacramento, California; Waterbury, Connecticut; Mobile, Alabama;—The War follows more than forty people from 1941 to 1945. Woven largely from their memories, the compelling, unflinching narrative unfolds month by bloody month, with the outcome always in doubt. All the iconic events are here, from Pearl Harbor to the liberation of the concentration camps—but we also move among prisoners of war and Japanese American internees, defense workers and schoolchildren, and families who struggled simply to stay together while their men were shipped off to Europe, the Pacific, and North Africa. Enriched by maps and hundreds of photographs, including many never published before, this is an intimate, profoundly affecting chronicle of the war that shaped our world.