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Male armor the soldier-hero in contemporary American culture / by Adams, Jon Robert, 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : soldier's heart -- "The great general was a has-been" : the World War II hero in 1950s conformist culture -- The bridge to Vietnam : the war story and AWOL masculinity -- Envelope, please : the metonymic male -- Winning this time : the war that wasn't -- Conclusion : time warp.…”
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Spying in America espionage from the Revolutionary War to the dawn of the Cold War / by Sulick, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…Espionage during the World Wars, 1914-45 -- pt. 4. The golden age of Soviet espionage : the 1930s and 1940s -- pt. 5. …”
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The road to Jerusalem Glubb Pasha, Palestine and the Jews / by Morris, Benny, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 1 Glubb on Arabs and Jews -- 2 The Arab Revolt 1936-39 -- 3 World War II and its Aftermath -- 4 The Road to Jerusalem -- 5 The Invasion -- 6 Border Wars, 1949 - 1956 -- Conclusion (After 1956).…”
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Spying in America espionage from the Revolutionary War to the dawn of the Cold War / by Sulick, Michael J.

Table of Contents: “…Espionage during the World Wars, 1914-45 -- pt. 4. The golden age of Soviet espionage : the 1930s and 1940s -- pt. 5. …”
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A different shade of colonialism Egypt, Great Britain, and the mastery of the Sudan / by Powell, Eve Troutt

Table of Contents: “…Journeys from the fantastic to the colonial -- Black servants and saviors : the domestic empire of Egypt -- The lived experience of contradiction : Ibrahīm Fawzī's narrative of the Sudan -- The tools of the master : slavery, family, and the unity of the Nile Valley -- Egyptians in blackface : revolution and popular culture, World War I to 1925.…”
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Japan and the League of Nations Empire and world order, 1914-1938 / by Burkman, Thomas W.

Table of Contents: “…The World War I experience -- The idea of a league -- The great debate -- Making the covenant palatable at Paris -- The Geneva years -- The Japanese face at Geneva: Nitobe Inazō and Ishii Kikujirō -- Crisis over Manchuria -- Japan as an outsider -- Epliogue: internationalism and international organization in interwar Japan.…”
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Whales & nations : environmental diplomacy on the high seas / by Dorsey, Kurkpatrick

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by William Cronon -- A Global Industry and Global Challenges -- The Pelagic and the Political -- World War and the World's Whales -- Cheaters Sometimes Prosper -- Melting Down and Muddling Through -- Save the Whales (for Later) -- The End of Commercial Whaling -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Whaling Data, 1904-1965.…”
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Japanese animation : East Asian perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Animation Studies and Animation History in Japan -- Pioneers of Japanese Animation -- Popular Culture, East-West Expressions, and Tezuka Osamu -- Female Characters and Transnational Identities -- Artistic Animation and Expression in Japan -- Japan's First Commercial Animation Studio after the Second World War: Toei.…”
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Japan and the League of Nations Empire and world order, 1914-1938 / by Burkman, Thomas W.

Table of Contents: “…The World War I experience -- The idea of a league -- The great debate -- Making the covenant palatable at Paris -- The Geneva years -- The Japanese face at Geneva: Nitobe Inazō and Ishii Kikujirō -- Crisis over Manchuria -- Japan as an outsider -- Epliogue: internationalism and international organization in interwar Japan.…”
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Whales & nations : environmental diplomacy on the high seas / by Dorsey, Kurkpatrick

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by William Cronon -- A Global Industry and Global Challenges -- The Pelagic and the Political -- World War and the World's Whales -- Cheaters Sometimes Prosper -- Melting Down and Muddling Through -- Save the Whales (for Later) -- The End of Commercial Whaling -- Epilogue -- Appendix: Whaling Data, 1904-1965.…”
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Japanese animation : East Asian perspectives /

Table of Contents: “…Animation Studies and Animation History in Japan -- Pioneers of Japanese Animation -- Popular Culture, East-West Expressions, and Tezuka Osamu -- Female Characters and Transnational Identities -- Artistic Animation and Expression in Japan -- Japan's First Commercial Animation Studio after the Second World War: Toei.…”
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A different shade of colonialism Egypt, Great Britain, and the mastery of the Sudan / by Powell, Eve Troutt

Table of Contents: “…Journeys from the fantastic to the colonial -- Black servants and saviors : the domestic empire of Egypt -- The lived experience of contradiction : Ibrahīm Fawzī's narrative of the Sudan -- The tools of the master : slavery, family, and the unity of the Nile Valley -- Egyptians in blackface : revolution and popular culture, World War I to 1925.…”
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The lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII the Roman Catholic Church and the division of Europe, 1943-1950 / by Kent, Peter C., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…The Roman Catholic Church in the Second World War -- The Church and the Axis powers -- The Church under Nazi occupation -- The Church in the Balkans -- The Church in the United States -- The Soviet Union and the Catholic Church -- The papacy and the Second World War -- Pt. 3. …”
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Strike from the sky the history of battlefield air attack, 1911-1945 / by Hallion, Richard

Table of Contents: “…The First World War. -- The military and the airplane -- Ground attack on the western front, 1917-1918 -- The Palestine Campaign of 1918 -- Great War air support in retrospect -- Small conflicts of the interwar years. -- Emergent ground attack doctrine and technology -- Small wars of the 1920s and 1930s -- Abyssinia, Spain, and war in Asia. -- The Abyssinian War -- The Spanish Civil War -- The Spanish legacy -- War in Asia -- The Second World War. -- The blitzkrieg -- The genesis of Anglo-American air support: the British experience in the Western Desert -- The necessary interlude: doctrine and the American experience in the Pacific, Tunisian, and Italian campaigns -- A deadly efficiency: Anglo-American air support in Western Europe -- Battlefield air support in the East: the case of Kursk -- Epilogue: where we have come, where we are, where we are going.…”
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Strike from the sky the history of battlefield air attack, 1911-1945 / by Hallion, Richard

Table of Contents: “…The First World War. -- The military and the airplane -- Ground attack on the western front, 1917-1918 -- The Palestine Campaign of 1918 -- Great War air support in retrospect -- Small conflicts of the interwar years. -- Emergent ground attack doctrine and technology -- Small wars of the 1920s and 1930s -- Abyssinia, Spain, and war in Asia. -- The Abyssinian War -- The Spanish Civil War -- The Spanish legacy -- War in Asia -- The Second World War. -- The blitzkrieg -- The genesis of Anglo-American air support: the British experience in the Western Desert -- The necessary interlude: doctrine and the American experience in the Pacific, Tunisian, and Italian campaigns -- A deadly efficiency: Anglo-American air support in Western Europe -- Battlefield air support in the East: the case of Kursk -- Epilogue: where we have come, where we are, where we are going.…”
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The lonely Cold War of Pope Pius XII the Roman Catholic Church and the division of Europe, 1943-1950 / by Kent, Peter C., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…The Roman Catholic Church in the Second World War -- The Church and the Axis powers -- The Church under Nazi occupation -- The Church in the Balkans -- The Church in the United States -- The Soviet Union and the Catholic Church -- The papacy and the Second World War -- Pt. 3. …”
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Heretical Hellenism women writers, ancient Greece, and the Victorian popular imagination / by Fiske, Shanyn, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Hellenism and heresy -- Victorian Medea: from sensationalism to subjectivity -- Fragments of genius: Charlotte Brontë and the discourse of popular Greek -- Heretical humanism: Romola and Hellenism's distaff legacy -- The Daimon archives: Jane Harrison and the afterlife of dead languages -- Afterword: the First World War and the death of heresy.…”
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From birdwomen to skygirls American girls' aviation stories / by Erisman, Fred, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…Formula stories and young readers: 1910-1930 -- Birdwomen take to the air: 1905-1915 -- The Earhart era: 1925-1940 -- Amelia's daughters face reality: 1930-1940 -- The stewardess enters the scene: 1930-1945 -- World War II, working women, and aviation: 1940-1960.…”
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Hard times in paradise Coos Bay, Oregon / by Robbins, William G., 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Poor man's paradise -- An empire itself -- The "big mill" and its world -- Logging the Coos timber -- Getting by -- Surviving the Great Depression -- The Second World War -- Lumber capital of the world -- Timber forever -- Bosses and workers -- Hard times and survivors -- Post mortem : reflections on the present condition.…”
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Seeing Sarah Bernhardt : performance and silent film / by Duckett, Victoria

Table of Contents: “…Nullius in verba: acting on silent film -- Hamlet: a short film, 1900 -- Camille: the ladies of the camellias -- Queen Elizabeth: a moving picture, 1912 -- Sarah Bernhardt at home: cinema and the home, ca. 1915 -- Mothers of France: World War I, film, and propaganda -- Conclusion.…”
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