Search Results - "World war"

The University of Minnesota, 1945-2000 by Lehmberg, Stanford E.

Table of Contents: “…The university at the end of World War II, 1945-1959 -- Years of growth and years of protest, 1960-1974 -- Planning in a time of austerity, 1974-1984 -- Finding focus, 1985-1997 -- The university at the end of the century.…”
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Army of shadows Palestinian collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948 / by Cohen, Hillel

Table of Contents: “…-- We, the collaborators -- Old collaborators, new traitors -- Unity ends -- The "traitors" counterattack -- World war, local calm -- Prelude to war -- Treason and defeat: the 1948 War.…”
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Acadiana Louisiana's historic Cajun country / by Brasseaux, Carl A.

Table of Contents: “…Pointe Coupee and Avoyelles parishes -- The German and Acadian coasts -- The Lafourche-Terrebonne area -- The Upper Prairie area -- The Lower Prairie area -- A different evolutionary trajectory, 1865-1941 -- World War II to the present.…”
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Underground writing the London Tube from George Gissing to Virginia Woolf / by Welsh, Dave, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Wells -- 'The roar of the underground railway': the making of the Tube in the interwar years -- The kingdom of individuals: safety and security on the Tube in the Second World War.…”
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W.E.B. Du Bois on Asia crossing the world color line / by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

Table of Contents: “…Darkwater rising : Japan and the color of imperialism -- pt. 3. World War II and the anticolonial turn -- pt. 4. The east is red : revolution and resolutions.…”
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Life and death in captivity : the abuse of prisoners during war / by Wallace, Geoffrey P. R., 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Repertoires of violence against prisoners -- The captor's dilemma -- Prisoners by the numbers -- World War II, democracies, and prisoner (mis)treatment -- Territorial conquest and the Katyn massacre in perspective -- Conclusion : explaining the treatment of prisoners during war.…”
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Acadiana Louisiana's historic Cajun country / by Brasseaux, Carl A.

Table of Contents: “…Pointe Coupee and Avoyelles parishes -- The German and Acadian coasts -- The Lafourche-Terrebonne area -- The Upper Prairie area -- The Lower Prairie area -- A different evolutionary trajectory, 1865-1941 -- World War II to the present.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Underground writing the London Tube from George Gissing to Virginia Woolf / by Welsh, Dave, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Wells -- 'The roar of the underground railway': the making of the Tube in the interwar years -- The kingdom of individuals: safety and security on the Tube in the Second World War.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

W.E.B. Du Bois on Asia crossing the world color line / by Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

Table of Contents: “…Darkwater rising : Japan and the color of imperialism -- pt. 3. World War II and the anticolonial turn -- pt. 4. The east is red : revolution and resolutions.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Life and death in captivity : the abuse of prisoners during war / by Wallace, Geoffrey P. R., 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Repertoires of violence against prisoners -- The captor's dilemma -- Prisoners by the numbers -- World War II, democracies, and prisoner (mis)treatment -- Territorial conquest and the Katyn massacre in perspective -- Conclusion : explaining the treatment of prisoners during war.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

The University of Minnesota, 1945-2000 by Lehmberg, Stanford E.

Table of Contents: “…The university at the end of World War II, 1945-1959 -- Years of growth and years of protest, 1960-1974 -- Planning in a time of austerity, 1974-1984 -- Finding focus, 1985-1997 -- The university at the end of the century.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Army of shadows Palestinian collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948 / by Cohen, Hillel

Table of Contents: “…-- We, the collaborators -- Old collaborators, new traitors -- Unity ends -- The "traitors" counterattack -- World war, local calm -- Prelude to war -- Treason and defeat: the 1948 War.…”
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"We're the Light Crust Doughboys from Burrus Mill" an oral history / by Boyd, Jean Ann

Table of Contents: “…Setting the scene : beautiful Texas -- Getting started : 1930-1935 -- The glory years : 1935-1941 -- Key band members during the glory years -- Starting over : after World War II -- The new Golden Age.…”
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The atomic bomb and the origins of the Cold War by Craig, Campbell, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Franklin Delano Roosevelt and atomic wartime diplomacy -- The great game -- Truman, the bomb, and the end of World War II -- Responding to Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- The Baruch Plan and the onset of American Cold War -- Stalin and the burial of international control.…”
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The atomic bomb and the origins of the Cold War by Craig, Campbell, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Franklin Delano Roosevelt and atomic wartime diplomacy -- The great game -- Truman, the bomb, and the end of World War II -- Responding to Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- The Baruch Plan and the onset of American Cold War -- Stalin and the burial of international control.…”
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"We're the Light Crust Doughboys from Burrus Mill" an oral history / by Boyd, Jean Ann

Table of Contents: “…Setting the scene : beautiful Texas -- Getting started : 1930-1935 -- The glory years : 1935-1941 -- Key band members during the glory years -- Starting over : after World War II -- The new Golden Age.…”
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The Marines of Montford Point America's first Black Marines / by McLaurin, Melton Alonza

Table of Contents: “…Home towns -- Joining up -- Getting there -- Training at Montford Point -- Resisting segregation in the civilian world -- Fighting segregation in the Corps -- Combat and service: World War II -- Combat and service: Korea and Vietnam -- Legacy -- Epilogue: interviewee biographies.…”
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The agony of Greek Jews, 1940-1945 by Bowman, Steven B.

Table of Contents: “…The Jews of Greece to World War I -- Germans and Jews in Greece -- In victory and defeat -- Vernichtungsorganisierung -- Chronicle of the deportations -- Abnormal deaths in a foreign land -- How a remnant survived -- Freedom or death -- Relief and rescue -- Bitter homecoming.…”
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Black philosopher, white academy the career of William Fontaine / by Kuklick, Bruce, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…A cultured education -- A student of philosophy -- Ambition constrained -- The sociology of knowledge -- Social change and World War II -- The ambiguity of success -- Social philosophy and civil rights -- Conservative pan-Africanism -- White racism and black power.…”
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The Marines of Montford Point America's first Black Marines / by McLaurin, Melton Alonza

Table of Contents: “…Home towns -- Joining up -- Getting there -- Training at Montford Point -- Resisting segregation in the civilian world -- Fighting segregation in the Corps -- Combat and service: World War II -- Combat and service: Korea and Vietnam -- Legacy -- Epilogue: interviewee biographies.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view