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Titolo |
The United States and the Second World War [[electronic resource] ] : new perspectives on diplomacy, war, and the home front / / edited by G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash |
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New York, : Fordham University Press, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-8232-4079-7 |
0-8232-3122-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (416 p.) |
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Collana |
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World War II : the global, human, and ethical dimension |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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PiehlerG. Kurt |
PashSidney |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, American |
World War, 1939-1945 - Diplomatic history |
World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - United States |
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United States Foreign relations 1933-1945 |
United States Social conditions 1933-1945 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""introduction""; ""roosevelt at the rubicon: the great convoy debate of 1941""; ""containment, rollback, and the onset of the pacific war, 1933�1941""; ""��in terms of peoples rather than nations��: world war ii propaganda and conceptions of u. s. foreign policy""; ""allotment annies and other wayward wives: wartime concerns about female disloyalty and the problem of the returned veteran""; ""general george s. patton and the war-winning sherman tank myth""; ""naval gunfire support in operation neptune: a reexamination"" |
""veterans tell their stories and why historians and others listened""""semper paratus: the u. s. coast guard�s flotilla 10 at omaha beach""; ""coast guard�s flotilla 10 at omaha beach""; ""american pacifism, the ��greatest generation,�� and world war ii""; ""foreign policy experts as service intellectuals: the american institute of pacific |
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relations, the council on foreign relations, and planning the occupation of japan during world war ii""; ""hiroshima and the u. s. peace movement: commemoration of august 6, 1948�1960""; ""Contributors""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this text, Piehler and Pash bring together a collection of essays offering an examination of American participation in the Second World War, including a long overdue reconsideration of such seminal topics as the forces leading the US to enter World War II, the role of the American military in the Allied victory and more. |
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