1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910454241503321

Titolo

The Good Fight Continues : World War II Letters From the Abraham Lincoln Brigade / / Peter N. Carroll, Michael Nash, Melvin Small

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [2006]

©2006

ISBN

0-8147-7297-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

940.540973

Soggetti

Anti-fascist movements - United States - History - 20th century

Soldiers - United States - Correspondence

Spain - History - Civil War, 1936-1939 - Veterans - Correspondence

Spain. Eje ́rcito Popular de la Repu ́blica. Abraham Lincoln Battalion

United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945

World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, African American

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 - Public opinion

World War, 1939-1945 - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Public opinion - 20th century - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, African American - United States

World War, 1939-1945 - History - United States

Anti-fascist movements

Soldiers

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Before Pearl Harbor -- Chapter 2: At War with the Army -- Chapter 3: Problems in Red and Black -- Chapter 4: In the Combat Theaters -- Chapter 5: Premature Antifascists and the Postwar World -- Appendix : Biographical Index of Letter Writers -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Editors



Sommario/riassunto

Written with passion and intelligence, the letters of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in World War II express the raw idealism of anti-fascist soldiers who experienced the war in boot camps, cockpits, and foxholes, but never lost sight of the great global issues at stake. When the United States entered World War II on December 7, 1941, only one group of American soldiers had already confronted the fascist enemy on the battlefield: the U.S. veterans of the Lincoln Brigade, a volunteer army of about 2,800 men and women who had enlisted to defend the Spanish Republic from military rebels during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). They fought on the losing side. After Pearl Harbor, Lincoln Brigade veterans enthusiastically joined the U.S. Army, welcoming this second chance to fight against fascism. However, the Lincoln recruits soon encountered suspicious military leaders who questioned their patriotism and denied them promotions and overseas assignments, foreshadowing the political persecution of the postwar Red Scare. African American veterans who fought in fully integrated units in Spain, faced second-class treatment in America's Jim Crow army. Nevertheless, the Lincolns served with distinction in every theater of the war and won a disproportionate number of medals for courage, dedication, and sacrifice. The 154 letters in this volume, selected from thousands held in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives at NYU’s Tamiment Library, provide a new and unique perspective on aspects of World War II.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910695412003321

Titolo

Defense management [[electronic resource] ] : actions are needed to improve the management and oversight of the National Guard Youth Challenge Program : report to congressional committees

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Government Accountability Office, , [2005]

Descrizione fisica

ii, 40 pages : digital, PDF file

Soggetti

At-risk youth - Services for - United States

At-risk youth - Counseling of - United States

United States National Guard

United States Armed Forces Reserves

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 7, 2006).

"November 2005."

Paper version available from: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 441 G St., NW, Rm. LM, Washington, D.C. 20548.

"GAO-06-140."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784081903321

Autore

Wilson Stephen <1941, >

Titolo

The means of naming : a social and cultural history of personal naming in Western Europe / / Stephen Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Bristol, Pa. : , : UCL Press, , 1998

ISBN

1-135-36835-X

1-138-16234-5

1-280-05022-5

1-135-36836-8

0-203-21449-8

1-85728-245-0

9786610050222

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Disciplina

929.4094

929.97

Soggetti

Names, Personal - France - History

Names, Personal (Roman law)

Names, Personal - Italy - History

Names, Personal - Great Britain - History

Names, personal Europe, Western History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-385) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Ancient Rome; The name system: individual and family; The tria nomina; Praenomina; Gentilicia; Cognomina; Women's names; Transmission of names; Name and status; Imperial names and titles; Slave names; Freedmen; Children of mixed marriages; Roman expansion; Soldiers' names; Romanization; Late Roman names; Status, ancestry and polyonomy; Supernomina; Names of Christians; The Middle Ages; Germanic names; The Germanic name system:; The Franks; The Anglo-Saxons; Leading names and kinship structure; Christian names; The names of the clergy; The reasons why

Name fashions and name stockSecond names: I; Types of second



name:; Second names from first names; Second names from places; Second names from occupations; Second names: II; The standardization of second names; Second names in context; The second name and the family; Women and names; Titles; Modern times; First names 1500  1900: I; Names and religion:; Protestantism; Other perennial styles; Politics and fashion; First names 1500  1900: II; Transmission; Usage; Family names, titles and nicknames; Titles; Noble names and titles; Nicknames; America; Second names, titles and nicknames

Black namesEurope in the twentieth century; Britain; Italy; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Preface; Ancient Rome; The name system: individual and family; Name and status; Roman expansion; Late Roman names; The Middle Ages; Germanic names; Christian names; Second names: I; Second names: II; Modern times; First names 1500  1900: I; First names 1500  1900: II; Family names, titles and nicknames; America; Europe in the twentieth century; Conclusion; Notes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.