Search Results - "World War I"

The transatlantic century Europe and the United States, 1890-2010 / by Nolan, Mary, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…An uncertain balance, 1890-1914; 2. World War I: European crisis and American opportunity; 3. …”
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Ships for the Seven Seas : Philadelphia Shipbuilding in the Age of Industrial Capitalism / by Heinrich, Thomas R., 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Shipbuilding as much as possible advanced: The rise and decline of wooden shipbuilding,1640-1870 -- A small margin: Ironclads and the transition from wooden to iron shipbuilding -- The American Clyde: Corporate and proprietary Capitalism in the Philadelphia maritime economy, 1865-1875 -- Workshop of the world : Commerce, crafts, and class conflict, 1875-1885 -- A vicious quality: Cramp and the origins of the Military-Industrial Complex, 1885-1898 -- New departure:Growth and Crisis, 1998-1914 -- This machine of war: World War I -- What next? The Post War Depression, 1919-1929.…”
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In Their Own Words : Forgotten Women Pilots of Early Aviation / by Erisman, Fred

Table of Contents: “…"Machinery Knows No Sex": Ruth Law, the Stinson Sisters, and the Legacy of World War I -- III. The Earhart Phenomenon and "The Accident of Sex" -- IV. …”
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The transatlantic century Europe and the United States, 1890-2010 / by Nolan, Mary, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…An uncertain balance, 1890-1914; 2. World War I: European crisis and American opportunity; 3. …”
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Ships for the Seven Seas : Philadelphia Shipbuilding in the Age of Industrial Capitalism / by Heinrich, Thomas R., 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Shipbuilding as much as possible advanced: The rise and decline of wooden shipbuilding,1640-1870 -- A small margin: Ironclads and the transition from wooden to iron shipbuilding -- The American Clyde: Corporate and proprietary Capitalism in the Philadelphia maritime economy, 1865-1875 -- Workshop of the world : Commerce, crafts, and class conflict, 1875-1885 -- A vicious quality: Cramp and the origins of the Military-Industrial Complex, 1885-1898 -- New departure:Growth and Crisis, 1998-1914 -- This machine of war: World War I -- What next? The Post War Depression, 1919-1929.…”
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In Their Own Words : Forgotten Women Pilots of Early Aviation / by Erisman, Fred

Table of Contents: “…"Machinery Knows No Sex": Ruth Law, the Stinson Sisters, and the Legacy of World War I -- III. The Earhart Phenomenon and "The Accident of Sex" -- IV. …”
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City for empire an Anchorage history, 1914-1941 / by Jones, Preston, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Loussac -- Inside -- Interlude: Mikami family photographs -- Outside -- Transition -- Appendix: Alaska's new era; New conditions; Anchorage; The Japanese menace; Applies to Resurrection Bay; Alaskans form type; Loussac's daily gossip; "The orphan's complaint"; Natives and World War One; Sons of Japan living here; Liberal in all patriotic movements; Immigration; No room for job hunters; Eklutna Industrial School; Civilization is menaced by Spanish savagery; A message from the Kimura family; Good advice.…”
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City for empire an Anchorage history, 1914-1941 / by Jones, Preston, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Loussac -- Inside -- Interlude: Mikami family photographs -- Outside -- Transition -- Appendix: Alaska's new era; New conditions; Anchorage; The Japanese menace; Applies to Resurrection Bay; Alaskans form type; Loussac's daily gossip; "The orphan's complaint"; Natives and World War One; Sons of Japan living here; Liberal in all patriotic movements; Immigration; No room for job hunters; Eklutna Industrial School; Civilization is menaced by Spanish savagery; A message from the Kimura family; Good advice.…”
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Tomorrow's Air Force : tracing the past, shaping the future / by Smith, Jeffrey J.

Table of Contents: “…Period one: 1907-1947 -- The birth of military airpower -- World War I and the interwar years -- World War II -- "Counting" the changes in period one -- Period two: 1947-1992 -- The rise of bomber dominance: 1947-1965 -- Bomber decline: 1965-1992 -- The changing leadership of period two -- Period three: 1992-2030 -- Fighter pilot dominance: 1992-1994 -- From Bosnia to Allied Force: 1994-1999 -- September 11, Afghanistan, and Iraq: 2001-2011 -- Signs of change: 1992-2010 -- Anticipating USAF change -- Framing the survey perspectives -- Changing leadership -- Predicting the future -- Summary and recommendations.…”
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Tomorrow's Air Force : tracing the past, shaping the future / by Smith, Jeffrey J.

Table of Contents: “…Period one: 1907-1947 -- The birth of military airpower -- World War I and the interwar years -- World War II -- "Counting" the changes in period one -- Period two: 1947-1992 -- The rise of bomber dominance: 1947-1965 -- Bomber decline: 1965-1992 -- The changing leadership of period two -- Period three: 1992-2030 -- Fighter pilot dominance: 1992-1994 -- From Bosnia to Allied Force: 1994-1999 -- September 11, Afghanistan, and Iraq: 2001-2011 -- Signs of change: 1992-2010 -- Anticipating USAF change -- Framing the survey perspectives -- Changing leadership -- Predicting the future -- Summary and recommendations.…”
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The U.S. Navy : a concise history / by Symonds, Craig L.

Table of Contents: “…An ad hoc Navy : The Revolutionary War (1775-1783) -- Establishing an American Navy: The Age of Sail (1783-1809) -- An American Navy confirmed : The War of 1812 -- A constabulary Navy : Pirates, slavers, and Manifest Destiny (1820-1850) -- Steam and iron: The Civil War Navy (1850-1865) -- The doldrums and the new Navy (1865-1900) -- A Navy second to none: The U.S. Navy and World War I (1900-1939) -- The two-ocean Navy: The U.S. …”
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The U.S. Navy : a concise history / by Symonds, Craig L.

Table of Contents: “…An ad hoc Navy : The Revolutionary War (1775-1783) -- Establishing an American Navy: The Age of Sail (1783-1809) -- An American Navy confirmed : The War of 1812 -- A constabulary Navy : Pirates, slavers, and Manifest Destiny (1820-1850) -- Steam and iron: The Civil War Navy (1850-1865) -- The doldrums and the new Navy (1865-1900) -- A Navy second to none: The U.S. Navy and World War I (1900-1939) -- The two-ocean Navy: The U.S. …”
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Veterans' policies, veterans' politics new perspectives on veterans in the modern United States /

Table of Contents: “…War Department and the reemployment of World War I soldiers / Nancy Gentile Ford -- 6. The long journey home: African American World War I veterans and veteran policies / Jennifer Keene -- Part IV: Bonuses and G.I. bills. 7. …”
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Veterans' policies, veterans' politics new perspectives on veterans in the modern United States /

Table of Contents: “…War Department and the reemployment of World War I soldiers / Nancy Gentile Ford -- 6. The long journey home: African American World War I veterans and veteran policies / Jennifer Keene -- Part IV: Bonuses and G.I. bills. 7. …”
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The legacy of the Great War ninety years on /

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The legacy of the Great War ninety years on /

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Seeking inalienable rights Texans and their quests for justice /

Table of Contents: “…Reid -- Fighting on the home front: the rhetoric of woman suffrage in World War I / James Seymour -- Contrasts in neglect: progressive municipal reform in Dallas and San Antonio / Patricia E. …”
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December 1941 twelve days that began a world war / by Mawdsley, Evan, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…1 December: Japan, Germany, and the coming world war -- 1 December: the fight to the death in Russia -- 1 December: London, Libya, and the dangers of the Far East -- 1 December: Washington, magic, and the Japanese peril -- 2 December: two doomed battleships in Singapore -- 3 December: the president's secret promise -- 4 December: Hitler and Japan's war of conquest -- 5 December: the lull before two storms -- 6 December: General Zhukov throws in his armies -- 7 December: date of infamy: Japan's undeclared wars in Malaya and Hawaii -- 8 December: the beginning of the end of the British empire -- 9 December: FDR begins the American century -- 10 December: Force 'Z' and the Malayan tragedy -- 11 December: Hitler's war on America -- 12 December: world war and the destruction of the Jews -- Aftermath: the new war and a new world.…”
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Seeking inalienable rights Texans and their quests for justice /

Table of Contents: “…Reid -- Fighting on the home front: the rhetoric of woman suffrage in World War I / James Seymour -- Contrasts in neglect: progressive municipal reform in Dallas and San Antonio / Patricia E. …”
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December 1941 twelve days that began a world war / by Mawdsley, Evan, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…1 December: Japan, Germany, and the coming world war -- 1 December: the fight to the death in Russia -- 1 December: London, Libya, and the dangers of the Far East -- 1 December: Washington, magic, and the Japanese peril -- 2 December: two doomed battleships in Singapore -- 3 December: the president's secret promise -- 4 December: Hitler and Japan's war of conquest -- 5 December: the lull before two storms -- 6 December: General Zhukov throws in his armies -- 7 December: date of infamy: Japan's undeclared wars in Malaya and Hawaii -- 8 December: the beginning of the end of the British empire -- 9 December: FDR begins the American century -- 10 December: Force 'Z' and the Malayan tragedy -- 11 December: Hitler's war on America -- 12 December: world war and the destruction of the Jews -- Aftermath: the new war and a new world.…”
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