The United States at War, 1941 - 1945

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hess, Gary R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2011.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Edition
  • CHAPTER ONE: To Pearl Harbor: The United States and World Crisis
  • The Arsenal of Democracy: The War in Europe
  • "Not Enough Ships": The Effort to Restrain Japan
  • CHAPTER TWO: Allied Defeats and the Axis Ascendancy, 1941-1942
  • The Nazi Empire at Its Peak
  • Japan's Imperial Conquests
  • Defeat and Surrender in the Philippines
  • Popular Perceptions and Expectations
  • CHAPTER THREE: The War in Europe: The Turn of the Tide
  • The Debate over Strategy
  • The North African Invasion
  • The Eastern Front: The Russian Victory at Stalingrad
  • The Battle of the Atlantic
  • The Air War: The Bombing of Germany
  • The Cross-Channel Invasion: D-Day
  • CHAPTER FOUR: The Pacific Theater: The War against Japan, 1942-1945
  • "Our War": Characteristics and Popular Perceptions
  • Midway: The End of Japan's Naval Invincibility
  • Guadalcanal: The First Offensive
  • The Island Campaign, 1943-1944
  • Iwo Jima and Okinawa
  • Japan, 1945: The Refusal to Surrender
  • CHAPTER FIVE: The Diplomatic Front: Roosevelt and the American Vision of the Postwar World
  • The United Nations
  • Soviet-American Cooperation
  • China's International Status
  • The End of Colonialism
  • CHAPTER SIX: The Dilemmas of Victory
  • Victory in Europe and the Extent of Nazi Tyranny
  • "The Greatest Thing in History": The Atomic Bomb and Japan's Surrender
  • Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Lingering Questions
  • A People Victorious: America at the End of the War
  • CONCLUSION: Why the Allies Won
  • (1) Industrial Supremacy: Achieving the Economic Potential
  • (2) Technology and Modernization of Armed Forces: Beating the Axis at Their Own Game
  • (3) The Moral Struggle: Mobilizing Popular Will
  • (4) The Quality of Leadership: Meeting the Challenge
  • Bibliographical Essay
  • Overview
  • Chapter One
  • Chapter Two
  • Chapter Three
  • Chapter Four
  • Chapter Five
  • Chapter Six
  • Conclusion
  • Index

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