| Description |
1 online resource (xxviii, 689 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Introduction / G. Kurt Piehler and Jonathan Grant -- The collapse of the Versailles system / Michael Creswell -- Ideological origins of World War II / Vladimir Tismaneanu and Bogdan C. Iacob -- The Spanish Civil War / Peter Garretson and S.P. McVeigh -- The Sino-Japanese War / Gao Bei -- Forging alliances : the Axis / Ricky W. Law -- German victories, 1939-1940 / Eugenia C. Kiesling -- The Battle of Britain : Britain and the British Empire alone / Andrew Stewart -- The Battle of the Atlantic / Marc Milner -- The Axis of the Soviet Union, 1941-1943 / Jonathan Grant -- The Middle East during World War II / Hakan Güngör and Peter Garretso -- Pearl Harbor and Japan ascendant / Sidney Pash -- The United Nations and the Grand Alliance / David B. Woolner -- The air war : Germany and Italy / M. Houston Johnson -- North Africa and Italy / Douglas Porch -- Eastern Europe in World War II / Deborah Cornelius and Jonathan A. Grant -- The Eastern Front, 1943-1945 / David Stone -- From D-Day to the Elbe / Peter Mansoor -- The land war in Asia : China, Burma, and India / Alan Jeffreys -- The Pacific War / Kyle P. Bracken -- The air war and conflict termination in the Pacific / Conrad C. Crane -- Home fronts at war / Judy Barrett Litoff -- Neutral powers in a global war / Neville Wylie -- Western religious leaders, communities, and organizations before and during the Second World War / Victoria J. Barnett -- Science and technology / Ronald E. Doel and Kristine C. Harper -- The environmental impact / Charles Closmann -- Medicine and disability / John Kinder -- The Holocaust / Jan Ruth Mills -- The humanitarian response / Hillary Sebeny -- Rendering justice / Michael Bryant and James Sedgwick -- Cultural responses to total war / Annika Culver -- Postwar settlements and internationalism / Regina Gramer and Yutaka Sasaki -- Reintegrating veterans and demobilizing populations / R.M. Douglas -- The memory and commemoration of war / Brian M. Puaca and Shizue Osa |
| Summary |
World War II dramatically transformed human life and society, resulting in the deaths of 100 million people and shaping the worldview and psyches of generations. This handbook broadens traditional narratives of the war and in the process changes our understanding of this epic conflict |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 31, 2023) |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945.
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European history.
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Warfare and Defence.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Piehler, G. Kurt, editor.
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Grant, Jonathan A., 1963- author.
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| LC no. |
2022032448 |
| ISBN |
9780199352425 |
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0199352429 |
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9780197676097 |
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019767609X |
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9780197676578 |
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019767657X |
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