04252nam 2200637 450 991045990370332120200520144314.01-118-80658-1(CKB)3710000000228247(EBL)1776324(SSID)ssj0001333970(PQKBManifestationID)12490620(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001333970(PQKBWorkID)11393557(PQKB)11077628(MiAaPQ)EBC1776324(Au-PeEL)EBL1776324(CaPaEBR)ebr10925510(CaONFJC)MIL642116(OCoLC)890071991(EXLCZ)99371000000022824720140912h20112011 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe United States at war, 1941-1945 /Gary R. HessThird edition.Wheeling, Illinois :Harlan Davidson, Inc.,2011.©20111 online resource (200 p.)American History SeriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-322-10865-X 0-88295-281-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the Edition; CHAPTER ONE: To Pearl Harbor: The United States and World Crisis; The Arsenal of Democracy: The War in Europe; "Not Enough Ships": The Effort to Restrain Japan; CHAPTER TWO: Allied Defeats and the Axis Ascendancy, 1941-1942; The Nazi Empire at Its Peak; Japan's Imperial Conquests; Defeat and Surrender in the Philippines; Popular Perceptions and Expectations; CHAPTER THREE: The War in Europe: The Turn of the Tide; The Debate over Strategy; The North African Invasion; The Eastern Front: The Russian Victory at StalingradThe Battle of the Atlantic The Air War: The Bombing of Germany; The Cross-Channel Invasion: D-Day; CHAPTER FOUR: The Pacific Theater: The War against Japan, 1942-1945; "Our War": Characteristics and Popular Perceptions; Midway: The End of Japan's Naval Invincibility; Guadalcanal: The First Offensive; The Island Campaign, 1943-1944; Iwo Jima and Okinawa; Japan, 1945: The Refusal to Surrender; CHAPTER FIVE: The Diplomatic Front: Roosevelt and the American Vision of the Postwar World; The United Nations; Soviet-American Cooperation; China's International Status; The End of ColonialismCHAPTER SIX: The Dilemmas of Victory Victory in Europe and the Extent of Nazi Tyranny; "The Greatest Thing in History": The Atomic Bomb and Japan's Surrender; Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Lingering Questions; A People Victorious: America at the End of the War; CONCLUSION: Why the Allies Won; (1) Industrial Supremacy: Achieving the Economic Potential; (2) Technology and Modernization of Armed Forces: Beating the Axis at Their Own Game; (3) The Moral Struggle: Mobilizing Popular Will; (4) The Quality of Leadership: Meeting the Challenge; Bibliographical Essay; Overview; Chapter One; Chapter TwoChapter Three Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Conclusion; IndexThis 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, theAmerican history series (Arlington Heights, Ill.)World War, 1939-1945United StatesUnited StatesHistory1933-1945Electronic books.World War, 1939-1945940.53/73Hess Gary R.676290MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459903703321The United States at war, 1941-19451941175UNINA