Chasing ghosts : a memoir of a father, gone to war / / Louise DeSalvo |
Autore | DeSalvo Louise A. <1942-2018, > |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.54/5973092 |
Collana | World War II : the global, human, and ethical dimension |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - United States
World War, 1939-1945 - Veterans - United States Sailors - United States Working class men - United States Fathers and daughters - United States Veterans - Family relationships - United States World War, 1939-1945 - Psychological aspects |
ISBN | 0-8232-6874-8 |
Classificazione | BIO026000BIO006000HIS027100 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: Flushing out the Enemy -- ONE -- War Stories -- "Join the Navy, See the World" -- The Sea, the Sea -- On the Road to Nowhere, Moving Fast -- Fly Boy -- Man o' War's Man -- Dead as a Doornail -- A Very Smart Ship -- A Flower, A Sunburst, A Star -- The First Death -- Into the Drink -- Trouble Board -- War Games -- When Pigs Can Fly -- TWO -- "The Girl for Me" -- "Of Couse I Will" -- Courtship -- Safe House -- Lifeboat -- THREE -- So Much to Lose, So Much Already Lost -- Magic Bullet -- On the Day I Was Born -- "Hide Your Tears" -- House Hunting -- FOUR -- Secret Code -- Command Center -- The Sailor Who Flew Home on Wings of Air -- A Knock at the Door -- Just a Very, Very Few of the Many, Many Who Have Died -- Rage -- Chasing Ghosts -- Ship's Model -- Mopping Up -- Cargo Cult -- FIVE -- Coming Home -- The Evening News -- The Last Time My Father Almost Died -- Epilogue -- Wearing My Father's Bones. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792474003321 |
DeSalvo Louise A. <1942-2018, >
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Chasing ghosts : a memoir of a father, gone to war / / Louise DeSalvo |
Autore | DeSalvo Louise A. <1942-2018, > |
Edizione | [First edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (285 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.54/5973092 |
Collana | World War II : the global, human, and ethical dimension |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - United States
World War, 1939-1945 - Veterans - United States Sailors - United States Working class men - United States Fathers and daughters - United States Veterans - Family relationships - United States World War, 1939-1945 - Psychological aspects |
ISBN | 0-8232-6874-8 |
Classificazione | BIO026000BIO006000HIS027100 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Prologue: Flushing out the Enemy -- ONE -- War Stories -- "Join the Navy, See the World" -- The Sea, the Sea -- On the Road to Nowhere, Moving Fast -- Fly Boy -- Man o' War's Man -- Dead as a Doornail -- A Very Smart Ship -- A Flower, A Sunburst, A Star -- The First Death -- Into the Drink -- Trouble Board -- War Games -- When Pigs Can Fly -- TWO -- "The Girl for Me" -- "Of Couse I Will" -- Courtship -- Safe House -- Lifeboat -- THREE -- So Much to Lose, So Much Already Lost -- Magic Bullet -- On the Day I Was Born -- "Hide Your Tears" -- House Hunting -- FOUR -- Secret Code -- Command Center -- The Sailor Who Flew Home on Wings of Air -- A Knock at the Door -- Just a Very, Very Few of the Many, Many Who Have Died -- Rage -- Chasing Ghosts -- Ship's Model -- Mopping Up -- Cargo Cult -- FIVE -- Coming Home -- The Evening News -- The Last Time My Father Almost Died -- Epilogue -- Wearing My Father's Bones. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816703203321 |
DeSalvo Louise A. <1942-2018, >
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Chewing gum, candy bars, and beer [[electronic resource] ] : the Army PX in World War II / / James J. Cooke |
Autore | Cooke James J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.54/8373 |
Soggetto topico |
Military exchanges - United States - History - 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8262-7202-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458231103321 |
Cooke James J
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Chewing gum, candy bars, and beer : the Army PX in World War II / / James J. Cooke |
Autore | Cooke James J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia : , : University of Missouri Press, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 940.54/8373 |
Soggetto topico |
Military exchanges - United States - History - 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
ISBN | 0-8262-7202-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chewing Gum, Candy Bars, and Beer; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. From the Sutler's Tent; 2. Preparedness and War; 3. Regulations and Agreements; 4. Expansion and Shortages, 1943-1944; 5. No Beer!; Photo Section; 6. To Final Victory; 7. 1945 and V-Days; 8. Consequences and Aftermath; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791466603321 |
Cooke James J
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Chewing gum, candy bars, and beer : the Army PX in World War II / / James J. Cooke |
Autore | Cooke James J |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, : University of Missouri Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 940.54/8373 |
Soggetto topico |
Military exchanges - United States - History - 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
ISBN | 0-8262-7202-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chewing Gum, Candy Bars, and Beer; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. From the Sutler's Tent; 2. Preparedness and War; 3. Regulations and Agreements; 4. Expansion and Shortages, 1943-1944; 5. No Beer!; Photo Section; 6. To Final Victory; 7. 1945 and V-Days; 8. Consequences and Aftermath; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816992503321 |
Cooke James J
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Chief executives of U.S. hailed in Latin America [etc.] [[electronic resource]] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : National Archives and Records Administration, , [1943] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 file : digital, Flash, sound, black and white, color |
Soggetto topico | World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
Formato | Multimedia ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910695041103321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : National Archives and Records Administration, , [1943] | ||
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Council of war [[electronic resource] ] : a history of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1942-1991 / / by Steven L. Rearden |
Autore | Rearden Steven L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : NDU Press for the Joint History Office, Office of the Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiii, 584 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
Soggetto topico |
Military planning - United States - History - 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 - United States Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States Cold War Persian Gulf War, 1991 - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The war in Europe -- The Asia-Pacific war and the beginnings of postwar planning -- Peacetime challenges -- Militarizing the Cold War -- Eisenhower and the new look -- Change and continuity -- Kennedy and the crisis presidency -- The McNamara era -- Vietnam : going to war -- Vietnam : retreat and withdrawal -- Détente -- The search for strategic stability -- The return to confrontation -- The Reagan buildup -- A new rapprochement -- Ending the Cold War -- Storm in the desert -- Conclusion. |
Altri titoli varianti | Council of war |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910702284903321 |
Rearden Steven L
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Washington, D.C. : , : NDU Press for the Joint History Office, Office of the Director, Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, , 2012 | ||
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Custodial detention [[electronic resource] /] / Federal Bureau of Investigation |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : Federal Bureau of Investigation, , [1999?] |
Descrizione fisica | 3 unnumbered volumes (various pagings) : digital, PDF files |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945 - United States
Detention of persons - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910696816903321 |
[Washington, D.C.] : , : Federal Bureau of Investigation, , [1999?] | ||
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December 1941 [[electronic resource] ] : twelve days that began a world war / / Evan Mawdsley |
Autore | Mawdsley Evan <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.53 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-42493-2
9786613424938 0-300-15446-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 December: Japan, Germany, and the coming world war -- 1 December: the fight to the death in Russia -- 1 December: London, Libya, and the dangers of the Far East -- 1 December: Washington, magic, and the Japanese peril -- 2 December: two doomed battleships in Singapore -- 3 December: the president's secret promise -- 4 December: Hitler and Japan's war of conquest -- 5 December: the lull before two storms -- 6 December: General Zhukov throws in his armies -- 7 December: date of infamy: Japan's undeclared wars in Malaya and Hawaii -- 8 December: the beginning of the end of the British empire -- 9 December: FDR begins the American century -- 10 December: Force 'Z' and the Malayan tragedy -- 11 December: Hitler's war on America -- 12 December: world war and the destruction of the Jews -- Aftermath: the new war and a new world. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457643703321 |
Mawdsley Evan <1945->
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December 1941 : twelve days that began a world war / / Evan Mawdsley |
Autore | Mawdsley Evan <1945-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2011] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (372 p.) |
Disciplina | 940.53 |
Soggetto topico |
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 - United States |
ISBN |
1-283-42493-2
9786613424938 0-300-15446-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 December: Japan, Germany, and the coming world war -- 1 December: the fight to the death in Russia -- 1 December: London, Libya, and the dangers of the Far East -- 1 December: Washington, magic, and the Japanese peril -- 2 December: two doomed battleships in Singapore -- 3 December: the president's secret promise -- 4 December: Hitler and Japan's war of conquest -- 5 December: the lull before two storms -- 6 December: General Zhukov throws in his armies -- 7 December: date of infamy: Japan's undeclared wars in Malaya and Hawaii -- 8 December: the beginning of the end of the British empire -- 9 December: FDR begins the American century -- 10 December: Force 'Z' and the Malayan tragedy -- 11 December: Hitler's war on America -- 12 December: world war and the destruction of the Jews -- Aftermath: the new war and a new world. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781560303321 |
Mawdsley Evan <1945->
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New Haven, Connecticut : , : Yale University Press, , [2011] | ||
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