Full Description
World War II defined the 20th century and shaped the contemporary world; from the decolonization of Africa to the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. This comprehensive series, edited by one of the worlds leading military historians, offers a focused overview of this complex and volatile era, taking into account the political, economic and social factors, as well as military circumstances of the road to war and its consequences. Augmented by a full length and detailed introduction by the editor, each volume gathers together the seminal articles on specific arenas of the war, providing a convenient and elegant tool for researchers and general readers alike.
Contents
Mobilization for total war in Germany, 1939-41, R. Overy (1988); Big business in the Third Reich, V.R. Berghahn (1991); The flag and the cross: new writing on the German resistance, Ted Harrison (1992); The role of military administration in German-occupied Belgium, 1940-4, J.H. Geller (1999); The Third Reich reflected: German civil administration in the occupied Soviet Union, 1941-44, Jonathan Steinberg (1995); Resistance in Albania during the Second World War: partisans, nationalists and the SOE, Bernd Fischer (1991); Resiting French resistance, H.R. Kedward (1999); Partisanes and gender politics in Vichy France, Paula Schwartz, (1989); War and social history: Britain and the home front during the Second World War, J. Harris (1992); British agricultural archives in the Second World War, John Martin (2000); The Church of England and the obliteration bombing of Germany in the Second World War, Andrew Chandler (1993); A schicksalsgemeinschaft? Allied bombing, civilian morale, and social dissolution in Nuremburg, 1942-1945, Neil Gregor (2000); The Second World War and South Asia: Tamils in South India and Sri Lanka, S. Nagarajan (1995); British military information management techniques and the South Asian soldier: Eastern India during the Second World War, Sanjoy Bhattcharya (2000); Jim Crow and Uncle Sam: the Tuskegee flying units and the US Army air forces in Europe during World War II, William Percy (2003); The Detroit race riot of 1943, H. Sitkoff (1969); The New York public library's map division goes to war, 1941-45, A.C. Hudson (1996); Reading between enemy lines: Armed services editions and World War II, Christopher Loss (2003); Wartime San Juan, Puerto Rico: the forgotten American home front, 1941-1945, Edwin Dooley (1999); 'The illusion of remembrance': the Karl Diehl affair and the memory of National Socialism in Nuremberg, 1945-1999, Neil Gregor (2003).
