02316oam 2200589 450 991078446680332120170523091551.01-317-46865-11-315-70370-X1-280-91212-X97866109121240-7656-2107-X(OCoLC)367956712(MiFhGG)GVRL1AHO(EXLCZ)99100000000034851320050513d2006 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrHistorical dictionary of the 1940s /editors, James G. Ryan and Leonard SchlupArmonk, N.Y. M.E. Sharpec2006Armonk, N.Y. :M.E. Sharpe,2006.1 online resource (xi, 600 pages)Gale eBooksDescription based upon print version of record.0-7656-0440-X Includes bibliographical references (p. 545-546) and index.Contents; Introduction; Chronology; Appendices; Selected General Bibliography; About the Contributors; Guide to Contributors' Entries; IndexOffering readers a ready-reference portrait of one of the twentieth century's most tumultuous decades, this is a historical dictionary devoted exclusively to the 1940. In nearly 600 concise entries, the volume defines a historical figure, institution, or event, and then points readers to three sources that treat the subject in depth.Nineteen fortiesDictionariesHistory, Modern20th centuryDictionariesHistory, Modern20th centuryBiographyPopular cultureHistory20th centuryUnited StatesHistory1945-1953United StatesHistory1933-1945United StatesPolitics and government1933-1953Nineteen fortiesHistory, ModernHistory, ModernPopular cultureHistory909.82/4/03Ryan James Gilbert1467385Ryan James GilbertSchlup Leonard C.1943-MiFhGGMiFhGGBOOK9910784466803321Historical dictionary of the 1940s3678024UNINA