Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II, Paperback - Ronald Takaki

Reducere. A history of America in World War II is told through the lives of an ethnically diverse group of ordinary Americans struggling for equality at home...

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Publisher: University of Notre Dame PressAuthor(s): Justus D. DoeneckeIllustration(s): 47 b&w illustrations, 4 mapsNumber of pages: 560Publication ...

Reducere. 2014 Amelia Bloomer Top Ten ListDouble Victory tells the stories of African American women who did extraordinary things to help their country durin...

During the Second World War the master strategy of the West was shaped by four titanic figures: Winston Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt, and their...

Delving behind the headlines of history, this book showcases twenty brave Americans who showed exceptional leadership in the Spanish-American War, ...

A commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the WWII victory, Victory covers the war through "breaking news" stories and photographs from the Associ...

Reducere. Unrestricted Warfare reveals the dramatic story of the harsh baptism by fire faced by U.S. submarine commanders in World War II. The first skippers...

Reducere. This book is going to teach you more about one of the most important period of human history: it was a time a huge part of the human race was activ...

Drawing from an in-depth analysis of Georgii Samoilovich Isserson's numerous published and unpublished works, this book provides the first full-len...

Reducere. One of the world's leading historians re-examines World War II and its outcome A clear-eyed reappraisal of World War II that offers new insight by ...

The complete history of the building of PT boats for the U.S. Navy at the Elco, Higgins, and Huckins plants. One hundred sixty-two full-page illust...

Reducere. In April of 1945, just before the end of the Second World War, Mexico sent an air contingent to fight shoulder-to-shoulder with the Allied Forces: ...

Reducere. When President Roosevelt called for the country to be the great ``Arsenal of Democracy, `` Detroit helped turn the tide against fascism with its in...

The Special Boat Squadron was Britain's most exclusive Special Forces unit during World War II. Highly trained, and totally secretive, the SBS was ...

Reducere. Niagara Falls, both a natural wonder and a tourist destination, played a prominent role on the homefront during the Second World War. Many men and ...

Covers the different types and variations of German motorcycles used in WWII.

Reducere. DescriptionMankind had reached a threshold in the forth decade of the twentieth century. There were unprecedented scientific and technological achi...

Broken down by campaign and key battles within each theatre of war, German Luftwaffe in WWII illustrates the strengths and organizational structure...

Reducere. "One of Ten Best History Books of 2021." --Smithsonian Magazine For fans of The Boys in the Boat and The Storm on Our Shores, this impeccably resea...

The personal story of 'Andy' Andrews and his machine-gun crew, following their journey in 1943 from the US to England, and on to France, Belgium, G...

Reducere. Bang-Bang Boys, Jedburghs, and the House of Horrors is an authoritative look at the history of the training and operations of the Office of Strateg...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring World War II, many Georgians witnessed the enemy in their backyards. More than twelve thousand German and Italian prisoners captu...

Reducere. DescriptionDuring World War II, Michigan became a temporary home to six thousand German and Italian POWs. At a time of homefront labor shortages, t...

Reducere. This is the official postwar history of the 5th Bombardment Group (Heavy), comprised of the 23rd, 31st, 72nd and 394th Bombardment Squadrons (Heavy...

Reducere. "The conventional view of World War II as a conflict that was not fought in the Americas is debunked in this fascinating book. German submarine war...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): James LucasNumber of pages: 336Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescop...

A sweeping, lavishly illustrated one-volume history of the rise of American naval power during World War IIPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s...

Reducere. During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forc...

Reducere. A sweeping yet intimate history of the diverse individuals who, together, make up America. Ronald Takaki uses letters, diaries & oral histories to ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis reader brings together 78 primary documents that capture the diversity of experiences of Americans who lived through World War II, ...

One of the most famous units of World War II and all of military history. First Americans to see active combat in the European theater. Expands on ...

The Japanese had promised that there would be no Dunkirk in Singapore, and its fall led to imprisonment, torture, and death for thousands of allied...

During the Second World War, British artists produced over 6, 000 works of war art, the result of a government scheme partly designed to prevent th...