From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front, Paperback - Elizabeth R. Escobedo

Reducere. During World War II, unprecedented employment avenues opened up for women and minorities in U.S. defense industries at the same time that massive p...

American soldiers overseas during World War II were famously said to be "overpaid, oversexed, and over here." But the assaults, rapes, and other br...

Brave soldiers, important battles, life on the Home Front! It's time to learn everything about the Second World War.

An uplifting and inspiring World War II saga for readers of Nancy Revell and Annie Groves. 1942, Manchester World War Two is in full swing and Lily...

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Dr. Philip G. Zimbardo's ground-breaking studies have found that there are more than 84 million shy people in America today, including such "secret...

An in-depth look at the experience of the civilian life of Britain throughout the four momentous years of World War 1, including volunteering and c...

Reducere. World War I prompted the first massive organized propaganda campaign of the twentieth century. Posters, pamphlets, and other media spread fear abou...

Wide-ranging, stimulating reassessment of the changing role of women in modern warfare, focuses on the parts women played in the world wars.

Reducere. A look inside the personal life of every first lady in American history, based on original interviews with major historians C-SPAN's yearlong histo...

The remarkable wartime diary of nurse Kathleen Johnstone 'Warm, chatty and endlessly absorbing, this delightful diary brims with intelligence and h...

Reducere. Major General J. F. C. Fuller, a pioneer of mechanized warfare in Great Britain, was one of this century's most renowned military strategists and h...

Reducere. When driving south along the Delaware Atlantic Coast between Rehoboth and Bethany, several concrete towers, weathered by the ocean, can be seen on ...

Compiling the stories of noncombat veterans, Rona Simmons follows them as they report for service, complete their training, and ship out to station...

Reducere. ``Code Girls reveals a hidden army of female cryptographers, whose work played a crucial role in ending World War II.... Mundy has rescued a piece ...

Reducere. Not everyone in the U.S. military was rooting for America.In 1942, in its rush to assemble a force of seven million to take on the Axis powers, the...

Reducere. German infantry during World War Two was the most highly trained infantry in the world. They trained hard and fought even harder. These individuals...

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of conten...

Reducere. This is the first collection of letters by a member of the legendary 442nd Combat Team, which served in Italy and France during World War II. Writt...

When they met at a motorcycle club in 1912, Elsie Knocker was a thirty year-old motorcycling divorcee dressed in bottle-green Dunhill leathers, and...

Reducere. The tragic events of September 11, 2001 brought to the surface memories of an earlier time of unprecedented national emergency -- Pearl Harbor -- a...

Reducere. The Pulitzer Prize-winning monumental bestseller that forever captures the story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt and the partnership that transfo...

A lively history of the Second World War on the Home Front told through the stories of the women serving in the Women's Voluntary ServicesPublisher...

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

FDR's Ambassadors and the Diplomacy of Crisis: From the Rise of Hitler to the End of World War II - David Mayers

Co-Winner of the Thomas J. Wilson Memorial PrizeA New York Times Notable Book of the YearA New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Wall Street ...

Reducere. "A solid history of a relatively unknown area of Florida. The rich detail of destruction by hurricanes and fires; the building of lighthouses, scho...

The American theater was not ignorant of the developments brought on by World War II, and actively addressed and debated timely, controversial topi...

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DescriptionThe American Provisional Tank Group had been in the Philippines only three weeks when the Japanese attacked the islands hours after the ...

For fans of Century Girls comes a new book by Tessa Dunlop.Publisher: Headline Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Tessa DunlopNumber of pages: 384Publicati...

A in-depth look at the heroic fighting forces of the Second World War

THE NEW YORK TIMES, WALL STREET JOURNAL, LOS ANGELES TIMES, AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A band of brothers in an American tank . . . Makos drops the ...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Higher Call comes the riveting World War II story of an American tank gunner's journey into the heart...

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Reducere. In the tradition of Hidden Figures and The Girls of Atomic City, Code Girls is the amazing true story of the young American women who cracked Germa...

Inspired by a ubiquitous piece of graffiti that U.S. servicemen left behind during World War II, Emmy Award-winning television journalist Charles O...

The first children's book about one of Ireland's greatest heroines, who saved the lives of hundreds of children during World War II.