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Meet Joe Copper: Masculinity and Race on Montana's World War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Basso, Matthew, PUBLISHER: The University of Chicago Press, "I realize that I am a soldier of production whose duties are as important in this war as those of the man behind the gun." So began the pledge that many home front men took at the outset of World War II when they went to work in the factories, fields, ong>andong> mines while their compatriots fought in the battlefields of Europe ong>andong> on the bloody beaches of the Pacific. The male experience of working ong>andong> living in wartime America is rarely examined, but the story of men like these provides a crucial counter-narrative to the national story of Rosie the Riveter ong>andong> GI ong>Joeong> that dominates scholarly ong>andong> popular discussions of World War II. In "ong>Meetong> ong>Joeong> ong>Copperong>," Matthew L. Basso describes the formation of a powerful, white, working-class masculine ideology in the decades prior to the war, ong>andong> shows how it thrived--on the job, in the community, ong>andong> through union politics. Basso recalls for us the practices ong>andong> beliefs of the first- ong>andong> second-generation immigrant ong>copperong> workers of Montana while advancing the historical conversation on gender, class, ong>andong> the formation of a white ethnic racial identity. "ong>Meetong> ong>Joeong> ong>Copperong>" provides a context for our ideas of postwar ong>masculinityong> ong>andong> whiteness ong>andong> finally returns the men of the home front to our reckoning of "The Greatest Generation" ong>andong> the New Deal era.

Life After Violence: A People's Story of Burundi

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Uvin, Peter, PUBLISHER: Zed Books, Burundi recently emerged from twelve years of civil war. In this book, ordinary Burundians, farmers, artisans, traders, mothers, soldiers ong>andong> students talk about the past ong>andong> the future, war ong>andong> peace, their hopes for a better life ong>andong> their relationships with each other ong>andong> the state. Young men, in particular, often seen as the cause of violence, talk about the difficulties of living up to stong>andong>ards of ong>masculinityong> in an impoverished ong>andong> war-torn society. Weaving a rich tapestry, Peter Uvin pitches the ideas ong>andong> aspirations of people on the ground against the assumptions often made by the international development ong>andong> peace-building agencies. This groundbreaking book on conflict ong>andong> society in Africa will have profound repercussions for development across the world.

On Air Defense

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Crabtree, James D., PUBLISHER: Praeger, This book is a study of all aspects of air defense from its beginnings during the French Revolution when artillery gunners tried to hit primitive balloons with their cannons to the use of Patriot missiles in the Gulf War to shoot down tactical ballistic missiles. Crabtree's history focuses on the development of tactics ong>andong> technology from the Franco-Prussian War to the present. The strategic air defense of World War I ong>andong> World War II are featured, as are the development of surface-to-air missiles by Germany in World War II ong>andong> by the United States ong>andong> the USSR in Vietnam ong>andong> the Middle East.

Northerners at War: Reflections on the Civil War Home Front

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gallman, J. Matthew, PUBLISHER: Kent State University Press, Northerners at War brings together noted historian J. Matthew Gallman's most significant essays on the economic, social, ong>andong> domestic aspects of life in the North during the Civil War. Gallman tackles a range of Civil War home front topics--from urban violence ong>andong> Gettysburg's wartime history to entrepreneurial endeavors ong>andong> the war's economic impact. He also examines gender issues, with a fascinating review of the career of orator Anna E. Dickinson ong>andong> an insightful examination of how northerners used gendered notions of ong>masculinityong> in rhetoric to recruit African American soldiers. A noteworthy contribution to our understong>andong>ing of the home front, Northerners at War is indispensible to those interested in the Civil War era.

The American Civil War (1): The War in the East -May

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gallagher, Gary W., PUBLISHER: Osprey Publishing (UK), The United States saw long-simmering sectional tensions erupt into fighting at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in April , beginning what would become the most cataclysmic military struggle in the western world between Waterloo ong>andong> the First World War. This volume focuses on events in the Virginia theater during the conflict's first two years, highlighting Union ong>andong> Confederate strengths ong>andong> weaknesses, leadership ong>andong> strategy on each side, ong>andong> the ways in which events on the battlefield influenced politics, diplomacy, ong>andong> debates about emancipation. Osprey Essential Histories are complete yet concise studies of each major conflict in history.

American Jewry and the Civil War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Korn, Bertram Wallace, PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication Society of America, War has long been considered a classic text on the Jewish role in early American history -- on the Jewish community as a whole during the tumultuous years of the war, ong>andong> on its effort to raise the concept of human rights ong>andong> equality above restrictions based on ong>raceong> or religion. This extensive volume features a new foreword ong>andong> new afterword, as well as an author's preface to the original edition, an author's preface to the first paperback edition (), an epilogue, four appendixes, notes, a bibliography, ong>andong> an index.

Technical and Military Imperatives: A Radar History of World

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Louis / Brown, L., PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Group, Technical ong>andong> Military Imperatives: A Radar History of World War II is a coherent account of the history of radar in the second World War. Although many books have been written on the early days of radar ong>andong> its role in the war, this book is by far the most comprehensive, covering ground, air, ong>andong> sea operations in all theatres of World War II. The author manages to synthesize a vast amount of material in a highly readable, informative, ong>andong> enjoyable way. Of special interest is extensive new material about the development ong>andong> use of radar by Germany, Japan, Russia, ong>andong> Great British. The story is told without undue technical complexity, so that the book is accessible to specialists ong>andong> nonspecialists alike.

Work or Fight! Race, Gender, and the Draft in World War One

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gerald Shenk, PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan, NA

Builders and Fighters: U.S. Army Engineers in World War II

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: U. S. Army Corps of Engineers / Fowle, Barry W., PUBLISHER: University Press of the Pacific, The Corps of Engineers played an important part in winning World War II. Its work included building ong>andong> repairing roads, bridges, ong>andong> airfields; laying ong>andong> clearing minefields; establishing ong>andong> destroying obstacles; constructing training camps ong>andong> other support facilities; building the Pentagon; ong>andong> providing facilities for the development of the atomic bomb. In addition to their construction work, engineers engaged in combat with the enemy in the Battle of the Bulge, on the Ledo Road in Burma, in the mountains of Italy, ong>andong> at numerous other locations. Certainly one of the highlights of Corps activity during World War II was the construction of the -mile Alaska Highway, carved out of the Canadian ong>andong> Alaskan wilderness. Builders ong>andong> Fighters is a series of essays on some of the hectic engineer activity during World War II. Veterans of that war should read this book ong>andong> point with pride to their accomplishments. In it, today's engineers will find further reasons to be proud of their heritage. H. J. Hatch Lieutenant General, USA Chief of Engineers

Islam and War: A Study in Comparative Ethics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kelsay, John, PUBLISHER: Westminster John Knox Press, This book explores questions regarding the justice of war ong>andong> addresses the lack of comparative perspectives on the ethics of war, particularly with respect to Islam. John Kelsay begins with the war in the Persian Gulf, focusing on the role of Islamic symbols in the rhetoric of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. He provides an overview of the Islamic tradition in regards to war ong>andong> peace, ong>andong> then focuses on the notion of religion as a just cause for war.

Voices of World War II: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Roberts, Priscilla Mary, PUBLISHER: Greenwood, World War II was the most destructive ong>andong> disruptive war ever, a global conflict that in one way or another affected the lives of people across the planet. "Voices of World War II: Contemporary Accounts of Daily Life" coalesces a wide variety of primary-source documents drawn from across the United States, Europe, ong>andong> Asia. Supplemented by interpretive material that enables readers to analyze them, assess their impact ong>andong> significance, ong>andong> place them in context to comparable situations today, the documents provide rare insights into World War II. Expert commentaries ong>andong> additional information on these texts enable a greater understong>andong>ing of the background to these documents, providing valuable training in learning to interpret, assess, ong>andong> evaluate historical sources. Intended primarily for upper-level high school ong>andong> undergraduate-level history students, general readers will also appreciate the variegated array of primary material from World War II, which depicts numerous aspects of the conflict, often in extremely personal terms.

Windswept

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Chase, Mary Ellen, PUBLISHER: Islong>andong>port Press, The third of Mary Ellen Chase's Maine novels (following Mary Peters ong>andong> Silas Crockett), Windswept is the romantic ong>andong> tumultuous saga of a Maine family who makes its home Down East. Spanning six decades, starting in the late nineteenth century, the novel depicts their lives as they ong>meetong> head on the joys ong>andong> challenges of the changing ong>andong> encroaching world ong>andong> eventually, World War II. Through it all, their home provides the family with a safe haven in which to sink their roots as they strive to nurture their humanity ong>andong> spirituality, all the while surrounded by the natural beauty of the Maine coast. Windswept was a national bestseller ong>andong> the biggest seller of Chase's career. Acquista Ora

Jang

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stevens, Joseph B., PUBLISHER: Kiwe Publishing, Captain Terry Meyers' story of Vietnam survival ong>andong> war time mysteries involves the small network of women in his life--all marking time throughout the particularly perilous shroud of 's wartime they all share in--ong>andong> all too often, watching some of those whom they love, die in that shroud. Not just a story of bombings ong>andong> war time intrigue, JANG is more a heartfelt story of how relationships within a circle are built, find reason to continue or founder-become altered, changed into some other form-ong>andong> then continue on, headed out to ong>meetong> the world, in some determinedly new way. More than any of the foregoing, however, this is a profound story of life renewing itself within seemingly insurmountable odds ong>andong> Captain Terry Meyers' infinite wonder in coming to experience a young woman child named JANG. Only thirteen when first we ong>meetong> her, Jang overcomes not only the rites of war, but also the rites of her own life's journeying. At length capturing a world in foment through the lens of her camera, creating pertinent meaning for those who love her (ong>andong> also, those who will never ong>meetong> her--) Jang's life ultimately transcends all of that tragic human wreckage threatening to engulf everyone she has come to love, even unto seemingly hopeless ends. An unforgettable read.

Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire: Total War and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Healy, Maureen, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Maureen Healy tong>raceong>s the fall of the Habsburg Empire during World War I from the perspective of everyday life in the capital city. She argues that the home front in Europe's first "total war" was marked by civilian conflict in streets, shops, schools, entertainment venues ong>andong> apartment buildings. While Habsburg armies waged military campaigns on distant fronts, women, children, ong>andong> "left at home" men waged a protracted, socially devastating war against one another. The book will appeal to those interested in modern Europe ong>andong> the history of the Great War.

'FATEFUL CHOICES: TEN DECISIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: IAN KERSHAW, PUBLISHER: ALLEN LANE, The newest immensely original undertaking from the historian who gave us the defining two-volume portrait of Hitler, "Fateful Choices" puts Ian Kershawas analytical ong>andong> storytelling gifts on dazzling display. From May to December , the leaders of the worldas six major powers made a series of related decisions that determined the final outcome of World War II ong>andong> shaped the course of human destiny. As the author examines the connected stories of these profound choices, he restores a sense of drama ong>andong> contingency to this pivotal moment, producing one of the freshest, most important books on World War II in yearsaone with powerful contemporary relevance.

Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stein, Garth, PUBLISHER: Harper, Have you ever wondered what your dog is thinking? ong>Meetong> one funny dog--Enzo, the lovable mutt who tells this story. Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: most dogs love to chase cars, but Enzo longs to ong>raceong> them. He learns about racing ong>andong> the world around him by watching TV ong>andong> by listening to the words of his best friend, Denny, an up-ong>andong>-coming ong>raceong> car driver, ong>andong> his daughter, ZoE, his constant companion. Enzo finds that life is just like being on the ong>raceong>track--it isn't simply about going fast. ong>Andong>, applying the rules of racing to his world, Enzo takes on his family's challenges ong>andong> emerges a hero. In the end, Enzo holds in his heart the dream that Denny will go on to be a racing champion with his daughter by his side. For theirs is an extraordinary friendship--one that reminds us all to celebrate the triumph of the human (ong>andong> canine) spirit. This is a special adaptation for young people of the acclaimed "New York Times" bestselling adult novel "The Art of Racing in the Rain."

Memphis: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dipietro, ong>Joeong> / Bryan, David, PUBLISHER: Applause Theatre & Cinema Book Publishers, Set in the turbulent South in the s, Memphis is the story of Huey Calhoun, a white radio DJ whose love of good music transcends ong>raceong> lines ong>andong> airwaves. Thanks in part to his passionate persistence, "ong>raceong>" music reaches the center of the radio dial, quickly exploding throughout mainstream America. But when Huey falls for a beautiful black singer he has set on the path to stardom, whether the world is really ready for this music, ong>andong> their love, is put to the test.

Pacific Campaign: The U.S.-Japanes Naval War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Van Der Vat, Dan, PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster, Dan van der Vat's naval histories have been acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic as "definitive," "extraordinary," ong>andong> "vivid ong>andong> harrowing." Now he turns to the greatest naval conflict in history: the Pacific campaign of World War II. Drawing on neglected archives of firsthong>andong> accounts from both sides, van der Vat interweaves eyewitness testimony with sharp, analytical narration to provide a penetrating reappraisal of the strategic ong>andong> political background of both the Japanese ong>andong> American forces, as well as a major reassessment of the role of intelligence on both sides. A comprehensive evaluation of all aspects of the war in the Pacific, "The Pacific Campaign" promises to be the stong>andong>ard work on the U.S.-Japanese war for years to come.

The Dragons of Expectation: Reality and Delusion in Course

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Conquest, Robert, PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Company, The publication of "The Dragons of Expectation" in reaffirmed Robert Conquest's stature as a leading intellectual ong>andong> one of the world's great humanists. In the tradition of Isaiah Berlin's "The Crooked Timber of Humanity" ong>andong> George Orwell's "Essays," this book brilliantly tong>raceong>s how seductive ideas have come to corrupt modern minds; to often disastrous effects. In what "Publishers Weekly" called "a frontal assault on the pieties of the left," Conquest masterfully examines how false nostrums have infected academia, politicians, ong>andong> the public, showing how their reliance on "isms" ong>andong> the destructive concepts of "People, Nation, ong>andong> Masses" have resulted in a ruinous cycle of turbulence ong>andong> war. Including fresh analyses of Russia's October Revolution, World War II, ong>andong> the Cold War, "The Dragons of Expectation" is one of the most important contributions to modern thought in recent years.

Europe in Flames: Understanding World War II

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Goldberg, Harold J., PUBLISHER: Stackpole Books, Highlights the key decisions ong>andong> events of World War II in Europe from Allied ong>andong> Axis perspectives Begins with the invasion of Polong>andong> ong>andong> ends with Germany's surrender in , with a concluding look at the Nuremberg Trials Covers old controversies ong>andong> relatively unexplored events Presents information objectively

Panzerjager: Tank Hunter

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Averbeck, Bernhard / Folkestad, William B., PUBLISHER: Burd Street Press, Panzerjager: Tank Hunter follows young Bernhard Averbeck as he leaves home to fight on the Eastern ong>andong> Western Fronts in World War II. The public ong>andong> specialist alike will recognize that Averbeck's story of frustration ong>andong> fear, along with the tenacity to survive three years of nonstop combat, are without parallel. Few books have recorded the experiences of the common German soldier on the Eastern Front. No book in English concerns German World War II antitank warfare, ong>andong> none would compare with this true account of a German soldier fighting with various Panzerjager units between ong>andong> on the Eastern Front ong>andong> from to on the Western Front. German antitank units were the bane of Allied tankers. Averbeck supplies the reader with details of Panzerjager training, equipment, Panzerjager battle tactics, ong>andong> personal observations of humor ong>andong> sorrow that reveal in great detail one young man's life on the Third Reich's two fronts.

Assault on Sicily: Monty and Patton at War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ford, Ken, PUBLISHER: Sutton Publishing, On the night of 9/10 July , an Allied armada of vessels launched one of the largest combined operations of the Second World War - the invasion of Sicily, Operation 'Husky'. Over the next 38 days, half a million British, Canadian, American ong>andong> French soldiers, sailors, ong>andong> airmen grappled with their German ong>andong> Italian counterparts for control of this rocky outcrop of Hitler's 'Fortress Europe'. The Allied assault on Sicily featured airborne ong>andong> amphibious long>andong>ings; mountain warfare; international rivalry; poorly performing troops; tenacious German resistance; ong>andong>, improvements in tactical air support ong>andong> the ultimate Allied victory on the islong>andong>. Almost the whole of the progress of the Second World War is illustrated by this one campaign. It was the only action where the whole Allied war effort was brought to bear on a single objective, with one army commong>andong>ed by Patton ong>andong> one army commong>andong>ed by Montgomery. Both men were insufferable egoists ong>andong> insubordinate commong>andong>ers; they always chose to do their own thing, regardless of others' sensibilities ong>andong> always with one eye on how history would see them. The seeds of rivalry between these two key Allied commong>andong>ers that were sown in the Sicily campaign eventually grew to fruition in the battles for Normong>andong>y ong>andong> the Ardennes.

Adversary Politics and Land: The Conflict Over Land and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cox, ong>Andong>rew W., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, The focus of the book is a discussion of the adversary basis of party politics in Britain ong>andong> its inimical impact on viable long>andong> policies since the Second World War. Particular emphasis is placed on the scope for, ong>andong> basis of policy initiation by Conservative ong>andong> Labour governments in the face of the cumulative social, economic, bureaucratic ong>andong> political constraints which impinge on the policy-making process. Dr Cox argues that these constraints leave only a relatively limited room for manoeuvres by governments ong>andong> that most of the post-war policies of Conservative ong>andong> Labour governments have been initiated in ignorance of these constraints. As a consequence, post-war policies have failed in implementation either by generating property speculation or by hindering urban development.

The Spy Who Spent the War in Bed: And Other Bizarre Tales

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Breuer, William B. / Breuer / Lane, H., PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons, A rare treat for World War II history buffs ong>andong> fans of the strange, absurd, ong>andong> unexplained Acclaimed military historian William Breuer takes readers on a trip through the looking glass to acquaint them with the weirder side of World War II. Featuring a cast of characters including double- ong>andong> triple-agents, femme fatales, fearless leaders, ong>andong> men at arms, The Spy who Spent the War In Bed is a collection of seventy concise, vividly rendered tales of war, ranging from laugh-out-loud funny, to inspiring, to just-plain-bizarre. For instance, there's the one about how reputed Irish Republican Army members in New York conned Nazi intelligence out of a small fortune. There's also a thrilling account of how four American newsmen bagged an entire German platoon. ong>Andong> there's the haunting tale of the "Mystery Plane," an experimental aircraft that took off on a short test flight over Englong>andong> one sunny afternoon in ong>andong> simply vanished into a cloudless summer sky. This book draws on personal interviews, official archives, ong>andong> declassified documents, as well as the vast literature on World War II. William B. Breuer (Clevelong>andong>, TN) is the author of more than twenty-five books.

Naval marine and air force uniform of world war 2

VENDO BELLISSIMO LIBRO " NAVAL MARINE ong>ANDong> AIR FORCE UNIFORM OF WORLD WAR 2"BY ong>ANDong>REW MOLLO E MALCOM MCGREGOR. PRIMA EDIZIONE .PAGINE 229.SIA LA SOPRACCOPERTA CHE IL LIBRO SONO IN OTTIME CONDIZIONI.

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