My Account Wish List
Advanced Search
Print - Close Window
www.greenwood.com/catalog/GR9998.aspx
All Greenwood Products
(Click to Enlarge)
Loyd E. Lee
ISBN: 0-313-29998-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29998-8
272 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 1/30/1999
List Price: $51.95 (UK Sterling Price: £35.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Description: World War II was the greatest single catastrophe humankind has inflicted upon itself. Few people alive at the time escaped its impact; its consequences still visit those unborn at war's end in 1945 and will continue to shape our future. This readable analysis and ready-reference guide is designed to help students and interested readers to understand the causes, interrelated events, and implications of the war, and to provide a wealth of material for student research. A detailed timeline of events traces the history of the war. An introductory overview essay puts it in historical, political, and social context. Based on the most recent scholarship about World War II, Lee, a nationally known expert historian of the war, provides four topical essays on key aspects of the war and a concluding essay on its continuing significance. The text of 17 primary documents, lengthy biographical sketches of important figures in the war, a glossary, and an annotated bibliography of books suitable for high school and college students provide ready-reference value.

The four topical essays examine: the relations among the Allied powers and how their decisions affected the shape of the postwar world; how emerging technology changed the nature of war; the effect of the war on the homefront of the warring nations; and the importance of resistance movements in Europe. A concluding essay examines the impact of the war on the fifty years that followed. Primary documents include the text of speeches, telegrams, official declarations, and treaties. Biographical sketches include some highly placed participants about whom little has been written. A section of photographs complements the text. Because it is based on the most recent scholarship and written for the high school and college student researcher, it is the ideal companion to a study of World War II.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Forword by Randall M. Miller
    Introduction
    Chronology of Events
    World War II Explained
    An Overview of the War
    The Grand Alliance of the United Kingdom, the United States, and the Soviet Union
    World War II and the Changing Nature of Military Power
    World War II on the Homefront
    Resistance Movements in Europe
    The Continuing Significance of World War II
    Biographies: The Personalities Behind the War
    Primary Documents of the War
    Annotated Bibliography
    Glossary of Selected Terms
    Index
About the Author: LOYD E. LEE is Professor of History and Chair of the department at the State University of New York, College at New Paltz. He is the editor of World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources: A Handbook of Literature and Research (Greenwood, 1997), and the author of The War Years: A Global History of the Second World War (1989), The Politics of Harmony: Civil Service, Liberalism, and Social Reform in Baden, 1800-1850 (1980), and other publications on German and global history.
LCC Class: 940
All rights reserved. Copyright © 1999-2009 ABC-CLIO
130 Cremona Dr., Santa Barbara, CA 93117 805-968-1911