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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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York, : Fordham University Press, 2010 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (416 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.53/73 |
| Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Foreign relations 1933-1945 |
| United States Social conditions 1933-1945 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
PiehlerG. Kurt
PashSidney
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | ""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 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"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The United States and the Second World War |
| ISBN: | 0-8232-4079-7 |
| 0-8232-3122-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910457997103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension.