Modern warfare

Prolific munitions production keyed America's triumph in World War II but so did the complex economic controls needed to sustain that production.

Rudolf Hoss has been called the greatest mass murderer in history.

Advocates of theNuremberg legacy emphasize the positive impact of the individualization of responsibility and the establishment of an historical record through judicial procedures forwar crimes.

"e;This is the story of my experiences with the medium bomber designated by the Army as a B-26 and named by the British the Marauder.

The golden age of animation stretched from the early 1930s to the mid-1950s, with movie cartoons reaching an extraordinarily high level of artistry and technique--far higher than today's TV cartoons, for instance.

This work is a reexamination of the decisions regarding the 1944 Warsaw Uprising made by the leadership of the underground Polish Army (AK), as well as the questionable attitudes of senior Polish commanders in exile in London.

This independent study has already attracted controversy.

This book examines processes of military, political and cultural transformation from the perspective of officers in two countries: Germany and Turkey in the 1930s.

Diese vier Bände beinhalten die weitgehend vollständige Chronologie der Aufenthaltsorte und Reisen des deutschen Diktators Adolf Hitler (1889-1945).

Formed in July 1943 at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, the 16th Armored Division was the last U.

This edited volume explores the past, present, and future of the Korean Peninsula, with special focus on South Korea, by connecting developments in politics with those in international relations and diplomacy.

A detailed examination of one of the crucial campaigns of World War II in Burma, in which British and Commonwealth forces achieved their first decisive victory over Japanese arms.

A pictorial history of US assaults on these Japanese-occupied islands during World War II.

An illustrated study of the legendary Spitfire and the evolving tactics behind its early defence of Britain's shores.

Winner: Arthur Goodzeit AwardThroughout 1943, the German army, heirs to a military tradition that demanded and perfected relentless offensive operations, succumbed to the realities of its own overreach and the demands of twentieth-century industrialized warfare.

Ju 87 dive-bombers, originally developed for pin-pointing bombing missions against land targets and Allied naval vessels were deployed by both the Luftwaffe and the Regia Aeronautica against the Allied forces.

An overview of writing about the war from a global perspective, aimed at students of modern literature.

This volume is both a study of the history of Polish Jews and Jewish Poland before, during, and immediately after the Holocaust and a collection of personal explorations focusing on the historians who write about these subjects.

With all things vintage enjoying a boom worldwide, swing dancing has well and truly swung back into fashion.

Modern military history, inspired by social and cultural historical approaches, increasingly puts the national histories of the Second World War to the test.

This book examines the technology and strategy that defined the outcome of the battles between the King Tiger and the IS-2.

It seemed that whenever Mussolini acted on his own, it was bad news for Hitler.

An insiders view of Hitler, Himmler, Heydrich, and Mussolini.

The complete and unredacted autobiography by Stalin's star general, chronicling his many campaigns throughout WWII.

In this book, Benjamin Strosberg explores difficulties and anxieties inherent in studying, defining, and defending against anti-Semitism by tracing a concurrent difficulty in thinking about Jewishness, which has historically served as a limit case for central social categories such as outsider, religion, race, gender, and nation.

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Using a wide array of sources - including long-closed court martial records, psychiatric and personnel files, unit war diaries, films, and oral histories - Paul Jackson relates the struggle of queer servicemen of all ranks and branches of the Canadian military to fit in to avoid losing their careers and reputations.

Panzers in Defence of Festung Poznan 1945 by Maciej Karalus and Jarosław Jerzak is the first book published in English to describe the bitter battle for Festung Poznań in 1945.

Military historian Victor Brooks argues that the year 1943 marked a significant shift in the World War II balance of power from the Axis to Allied forces.

In this book, Hilary Sunman considers the day-to-day experience of her father, Owen, who served in the Colonial Agricultural Service from 1928-1950.

Wartime is not just about military success.

A fascinating comparative history of the treatment of fallen airmen in Second World War Europe.

Caught in a violent storm and blown far off their intended course, five American airmen--flying the dangerous Himalayan supply route known as "e;The Hump"e;--were forced to bail out just seconds before their plane ran out of fuel.

The fate of the USS Flier is one of the most astonishing stories of the Second World War.

'Siempre son los ganadores los que escriben la historia y la Segunda Guerra Mundial no es una excepción a esta regla.

During the Holocaust, Polish bystanders were witnesses not only to Nazi crimes but also to their own collective violence toward Jewish neighbors.

'Fortresses must carry out the same tasks as the fortresses of old.

Spies and Saboteurs is the story of the origins of the Anglo-American 'Special Relationship' in human intelligence collection and special operations, which took place amidst the global conflagration that was the Second World War.

The Antifascist Chronicles of Aurelio Pego: A Critical Anthology collects and contextualizes Pego's 118 literary chronicles published between 1940 and 1967 in the periodical Espana Libre, New York.

This volume spans 1914-1939 to provide a concise interpretation of the role the United States played in the origins of the Second World War.

This exploration of the crucially important role played by remorse in Iris Murdoch's philosophical, theological, and political thinking identifies it as a critical concept in her moral psychology and a recurrent theme in her art.

This book, first published in 1969, discusses objectively the tragic wartime position of Poland, having both the Nazis and Soviets as enemies - the war opened with the country being invaded by both.

Lore Schindler was ten years old when her dentist father Harry was arrested by the Gestapo in Berlin and sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Memory serves as a timely and unique resource for the current boom in thinking around translation and memory.