World War Ii category: 7796 books
Destructive Sublime
World War II in American Film and Media
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2018
The American popular imagination has long portrayed World War II as the “good war,” fought by the “greatest generation” for the sake of freedom and democracy. Yet, combat films and other war media complicate this conventional view by indulging in explosive displays of spectacular violence....
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
These reports have been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Contents include: Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Command and General Staff School: Watershed at Leavenworth * Eisenhower: The Centennial * Eisenhower Centennial Bibliography * Eisenhower as Strategist:...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this unique USAF publication is an anthology of essays about some of the most important air superiority campaigns in history. The case studies in this volume, encompassing several major air-to-air battles, eloquently demonstrate...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2015
Professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, this Air Force publication records tells the intriguing story of how airmen built intelligence organizations to collect and process information about the enemy and to produce and disseminate intelligence to decisionmakers...
World War II From Above
An Aerial View of the Global Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
In World War II From Above, historian Jeremy Harwood profiles the fascinating story, unknown to many, of the battle waged by Allied and Axis spies in the skies to obtain accurate aerial intelligence during World War II. Harwood features dozens of eye-catching aerial reconnaissance photographs drawn...
Home Front
North Carolina during World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
At the outset of World War II, North Carolina was one of the poorest states in the Union. More than half of the land was rural. Over one-third of the farms had no electricity; only one in eight had a telephone. Illiteracy and a lack of education resulted in the highest rate of draft rejections of...
The Fleet at Flood Tide
America at Total War in the Pacific, 1944-1945
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The extraordinary story of the World War II air, land, and sea campaign that brought the U.S. Navy to the apex of its strength and marked the rise of the United States as a global superpower
Winner, Commodore John Barry Book Award, Navy League of the United States...
The Train to Crystal City
FDR's Secret Prisoner Exchange Program and America's Only Family Internment Camp During World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2015
The New York Times bestselling dramatic and never-before-told story of a secret FDR-approved American internment camp in Texas during World War II: “A must-read….The Train to Crystal City is compelling, thought-provoking, and impossible to put down” (Star-Tribune, Minneapolis).
During...
Armor and Blood: The Battle of Kursk
The Turning Point of World War II
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
One of America’s most distinguished military historians offers the definitive account of the greatest tank battle of World War II—an epic clash of machines and men that matched the indomitable will of the Soviet Red Army against the awesome might of the Nazi Wehrmacht.
While the Battle...
Florida in World War II
Floating Fortress
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
Few realize what a vital role World War II and Florida played in each other's history. The war helped Florida move past its southern conservative mentality and emerge as a sophisticated society, and thousands of military men were trained under Florida's sunny skies. Here are stories from some of the...
Tank Killers A History Of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Force
A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer force
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2010
The Tank Killers is the story of the American Tank Destroyer Force in North Africa, Italy, and the European Theater during World War II. The tank destroyer (TD) was a bold-if some would say flawed-answer to the challenge posed by the seemingly unstoppable German blitzkrieg. The TD was conceived to...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2012
*Weaves the lives of the three leaders together into one gripping narrative.*Includes pictures of the Big Three and important people, places, and events in their lives.*Includes a list of Churchill's greatest quotes.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents"I ask you...
The Good Fight Continues
World War II Letters From the Abraham Lincoln Brigade
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2006
Written with passion and intelligence, the letters of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in World War II express the raw idealism of anti-fascist soldiers who experienced the war in boot camps, cockpits, and foxholes, but never lost sight of the great global issues at stake.
When the United States entered...
We'll Always Have the Movies
American Cinema during World War II
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2006
We'll Always Have the Movies explores how movies made in Hollywood during World War II were vehicles for helping Americans understand the war. Far from being simplistic, flag-waving propaganda designed to evoke emotional reactions, these films offered audiences narrative structures that formed a foundation...