World War II
The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension
Edited by G. Kurt Piehler, Florida State University
This series features new and exciting scholarship on the history of the Second World War. It is equally interested in monographs that explore the political, military, diplomatic, and economic dimensions of this war as well those that examine its social, cultural, intellectual, and gender history. A central focus of this series will to be on monographs analyzing the human dimension of this epic conflict. It seeks works that analyze the multitude of experiences faced not only by combatants, but also by civilians who lived in all the nations engaged in this war. A global war, this epic struggle left no society untouched. Thus, the series seeks works that explore the impact of this conflict not only on the United States, Europe, and Japan, but also on Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
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Fighting Fascism in Europe (Hardcover)
The World War II Letters of an American Veteran of the Spanish Civil War Lawrence CanePrice: $32.00On his first day in basic training in 1942, Lawrence Cane wrote his wife Grace from Fort Dix, New Jersey. "I'm in the army now?really!" he wrote, complaining, "I don't have enough time to write a decent letter."
Three years later, Capt. Lawrence Cane went home from...
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Voices of My Comrades (Hardcover)
America's Reserve Officers Remember World War II Edited by Carol Adele Kelly, Foreword by Sen. Ted Stevens, and Daniel K. InouyePrice: $45.00Over the course of five years, the Reserve Officers Association of the United States—the nation’s oldest such professional military organization—invited its members to write about their experiences in World War II. The response was an impressive outpouring of memories, now...
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An American Heroine in the French Resistance (Paperback)
The Diary and Memoir of Virginia D'Albert-Lake Edited, with an introduction, by Judy Barrett LitoffPrice: $28.00This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman’s heroism in the French Resistance. Virginia Roush fell in love with Philippe d’Albert-Lake during a visit to France in 1936; they married soon after. In 1943, they both joined the Resistance, where...
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The Diary of Prisoner 17326 (Hardcover)
A Boy's Life in a Japanese Labor Camp John K. Stutterheim, Foreword by Mark ParilloPrice: $37.00In this moving memoir a young man comes of age in an age of violence, brutality, and war. Recounting his experiences during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, this account brings to life the shocking day-to-day conditions in a Japanese labor camp and provides an intimate look at...
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Between the Bylines (Hardcover)
A Father's Legacy Susan E. Wiant, Foreword by Walter CronkitePrice: $37.00Thobrun H. "Toby" Wiant was a fighter from an early age, and words were his weapons of choice. During World War II, he fought to scoop stories from rival reporters on the front lines as an Associated Press war correspondent. In chronicling the war from the China-Burma-India and European...
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