| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 400 pages) |
| Series |
World War II : the global, human, and ethical dimension |
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World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension.
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| Contents |
Roosevelt at the Rubicon : the great convoy debate of 1941 / J. Garry Clifford and Robert H. Ferrell -- Containment, rollback, and the onset of the Pacific War, 1933-1941 / Sidney Pash -- "In terms of peoples rather than nations" : World War II propaganda and conceptions of U.S. foreign policy / Justin Hart -- Allotment Annies and other wayward wives : wartime concerns about female disloyalty and the problem of the returned veteran / Ann Pfau -- General George S. Patton and the war-winning Sherman tank myth / Nicholas D. Molnar -- Naval gunfire support in Operation Neptune : a reexamination / Barbara Brooks Tomblin -- Veterans tell their stories and why historians and others listened / G. Kurt Piehler -- Semper paratus : the U.S. Coast Guard's Flotilla 10 at Omaha Beach / Mark A. Snell -- American pacifism, the "greatest generation," and World War II / Scott H. Bennett -- 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 / Yutaka Sasaki -- Hiroshima and the U.S. peace movement : commemoration of August 6, 1948-1960 / Rieko Asai |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, American
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- United States
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Diplomatic history
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Diplomatic relations
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Military participation -- American
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Social aspects
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Social conditions
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140096
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1933-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140517
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| Subject |
United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Piehler, G. Kurt.
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Pash, Sidney.
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| ISBN |
9780823240791 |
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0823240797 |
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0823231208 |
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9780823231201 |
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9780823231225 |
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0823231224 |
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