The Oxford handbook of World War II / G. Kurt G. Piehler and Jonathan S. Grant.
| Author/creator | Piehler, G. Kurt |
| Other author | Grant, Jonathan A., 1963- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] |
| Description | 689 pages : maps ; 26 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Handbooks Online History |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Oxford Handbooks Online History 2023 |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction / G. Kurt Piehler and Jonathan Grant -- The collapse of the Versailles system / Michael Creswell -- Ideological origins of World War II / Vladimir Tismaneanu and Bogdan C. Iacob -- The Spanish Civil War / Peter Garretson and S.P. McVeigh -- The Sino-Japanese War / Gao Bei -- Forging alliances : the Axis / Ricky W. Law -- German victories, 1939-1940 / Eugenia C. Kiesling -- The Battle of Britain : Britain and the British Empire alone / Andrew Stewart -- The Battle of the Atlantic / Marc Milner -- The Axis of the Soviet Union, 1941-1943 / Jonathan Grant -- The Middle East during World War II / Hakan Güngör and Peter Garretso -- Pearl Harbor and Japan ascendant / Sidney Pash -- The United Nations and the Grand Alliance / David B. Woolner -- The air war : Germany and Italy / M. Houston Johnson -- North Africa and Italy / Douglas Porch -- Eastern Europe in World War II / Deborah Cornelius and Jonathan A. Grant -- The Eastern Front, 1943-1945 / David Stone -- From D-Day to the Elbe / Peter Mansoor -- The land war in Asia : China, Burma, and India / Alan Jeffreys -- The Pacific War / Kyle P. Bracken -- The air war and conflict termination in the Pacific / Conrad C. Crane -- Home fronts at war / Judy Barrett Litoff -- Neutral powers in a global war / Neville Wylie -- Western religious leaders, communities, and organizations before and during the Second World War / Victoria J. Barnett -- Science and technology / Ronald E. Doel and Kristine C. Harper -- The environmental impact / Charles Closmann -- Medicine and disability / John Kinder -- The Holocaust / Jan Ruth Mills -- The humanitarian response / Hillary Sebeny -- Rendering justice / Michael Bryant and James Sedgwick -- Cultural responses to total war / Annika Culver -- Postwar settlements and internationalism / Regina Gramer and Yutaka Sasaki -- Reintegrating veterans and demobilizing populations / R.M. Douglas -- The memory and commemoration of war / Brian M. Puaca and Shizue Osa. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2022032447 |
| ISBN | 9780199341795 (hardback) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |