Autore	Casey Steven
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (329 p.)
Disciplina	940.53/73
Soggetto topico	World War, 1939-1945 - Propaganda World War, 1939-1945 - United States World War, 1939-1945 - Public opinion Public opinion - United States - History - 20th century Propaganda, American - History - 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-19-518608-7 1-280-48126-9 0-19-534996-2 1-60256-432-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Abbreviations; Cast of Characters; Introduction: Franklin D. Roosevelt, American Public Opinion, and Foreign Policy; 1 The Setting: FDR, American Public Opinion, and Nazi Germany before Pearl Harbor; 2 America's Phony War: December 1941 to November 1942; 3 Planning Germany's Defeat: December 1941 to November 1943; 4 The Politics of Unconditional Surrender: November 1942 to June 1944; 5 Hardening Thoughts, Unchanging Rhetoric: March 1943 to June 1944; 6 Planning Germany's Future: June 1944 to April 1945; 7 Conclusion and Aftermath: April 1945-December 1947; Notes; Bibliography; Index AB; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
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Autore	Hoover Herbert <1874-1964.>
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University, 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (1104 p.)
Disciplina	940.53/73
Altri autori (Persone)	NashGeorge H. <1945->
Collana	Hoover Institution Press publication
Soggetto topico	World War, 1939-1945 - United States Cold War
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8179-1238-X 0-8179-1236-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	v. 1, section 1. A great intellectual and moral plague comes to free men ; section 2. I make an appraisal of the forces moving among nations in 1938 ; section 3. A revolution in American foreign policies ; section 4. 1939 : in Europe, a year of monstrous evils for mankind ; section 5. The communist-Nazi conquest of Europe ; section 6. More American action-- stronger than words-- but less than war ; section 7. Brainwashing the American people ; section 8. The revolution in American foreign policies continued ; section 9. The opportunity to make lasting peace comes to Franklin Roosevelt ; section 10. The road to war -- v. 2, section 11. The march of conferences ; section 12. The march of conferences ; section 13. The march of conferences-- the Tehran-Cairo conferences, November-December 1943 ; section 14. The march of conferences ; section 15. The march of conferences-- the Yalta conference : February 4-11, 1945 ; section 16. The rise, decline and fall of the Atlantic charter ; section 17. The first days of the Truman administration ; section 18. The march of conferences-- the Potsdam conference and after -- v. 3. Case histories, section 1. A step-by-step history of Poland ; section 2. The decline and fall of free China-- a case history ; section 3. The case history of Korea ; section 4. Vengeance comes to Germany.
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Autore	Bodnar John E. <1944->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (x, 299 p. ) : ill. ;
Disciplina	940.53/73
Soggetto topico	World War, 1939-1945 - Social aspects - United States Collective memory - United States Memory - Social aspects - United States War and society - United States National characteristics, American
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-4214-0002-2
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Wartime -- Soldiers write the war -- "No place for weaklings" -- Monuments and mourning -- The split screen -- The outsiders -- The victors -- Conclusion -- Postscript on Iraq.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910464251403321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	New York, : Fordham University Press, 2010
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (416 p.)
Disciplina	940.53/73
Altri autori (Persone)	PiehlerG. Kurt PashSidney
Collana	World War II : the global, human, and ethical dimension
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 genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8232-4079-7 0-8232-3122-4
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
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, 1933â€?1941""; ""â€?â€?in terms of peoples rather than nationsâ€?â€?: 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 guardâ€?s flotilla 10 at omaha beach""; ""coast guardâ€?s flotilla 10 at omaha beach""; ""american pacifism, the â€?â€?greatest generation,â€?â€? 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, 1948â€?1960""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
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Autore	Hess Gary R.
Edizione	[Third edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Wheeling, Illinois : , : Harlan Davidson, Inc., , 2011
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (200 p.)
Disciplina	940.53/73
Collana	American History Series
Soggetto topico	World War, 1939-1945 - United States
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-118-80658-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	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 Stalingrad The 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 Colonialism CHAPTER 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 Two Chapter Three Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Conclusion; Index
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