Search Results - "World war"

Oral history and public memories

Table of Contents: “…Roque Ramirez -- Interfaced memory : black World War II ex-GIs' and veterans' reunions of the late twentieth century / Robert F. …”
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From colony to superpower U.S. foreign relations since 1776 / by Herring, George C., 1936-

Table of Contents: “…"To begin the world over again" : foreign policy and the birth of the republic, 1776-1778 -- "None who can make us afraid" : the new republic in a hostile world, 1789-1801 -- "Purified as by fire" : republicanism challenged and reaffirmed, 1801-1815 -- "Leave the rest to us" : the assertive republic, 1815-1837 -- "A dose of arsenic" : slavery, expansionism, and the road to disunion, 1837-1861 -- "Last best hope" : the Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War diplomacy, 1861-1877 -- "A good enough England" : foreign relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893 -- The War of 1898 and the dawn of the American century, 1893-1901 -- "Bursting with good intentions" : the United States in world affairs, 1901-1913 -- "A new age" : Wilson, the Great War, and U.S. foreign policy, 1913-1921 -- Involvement without commitment, 1921-1931 -- The great transformation : depression, isolationism, and war, 1931-1941 -- "Five continents and seven seas" : World War II and the emergence of American globalism, 1941-1945 -- "A noble burden far from our shores" : Truman, the Cold War, and the revolution in American foreign policy, 1945-1953 -- Coexistence and crises, 1953-1961 -- Gulliver's troubles: Kennedy, Johnson, and the limits of power, 1961-1969 -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the end of the postwar era, 1969-1974 -- Foreign policy in an age of dissonance, 1974-1981 -- "A unique and extraordinary time in world history" : Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the end of the Cold War, 1981-1991 -- The strength of a giant : America as hyper-power, 1992-2007.…”
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A Jewish feminine mystique? Jewish women in postwar America /

Table of Contents: “…Dawidowicz's postwar Jewish Cold War / Nancy Sinkoff -- Our defense against despair : the progressive politics of the national council of Jewish women after World War II / Kathleen A. Laughlin -- It's good Americanism to join Hadassah : selling Hadassah in the postwar era / Rebecca Boim Wolf -- A lady sometimes blows the shofar : women's religious equality in the postwar reconstructionist movement / Deborah Waxman -- Beyond the myths of mobility and altruism : Jewish immigrant professionals and Jewish social welfare agencies in New York City, 1948-1954 / Rebecca Kobrin -- Negotiating new terrain : Egyptian women at home in America / Audrey Nasar -- The bad girls of Jewish comedy : gender, class, assimilation, and whiteness in postwar America / Giovanna P. …”
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The past in the present : the construction of Polish history / by Traba, Robert

Table of Contents: “…Poles and Germans : the empirical world -- On Germans "mine" and "not mine" : a personal case study -- In search of a "portable homeland" : Poles in multi-cultural Berlin -- Warmia/Ermland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries : a sketch portrait of the village of Purda Wielka as a backdrop -- Collective memory and cultural landscape : reflections on a war cemetery restoration project in Drweck (Dröbnitz) -- "You glorify the foreign, but you do not know your own" : the magic of place and the mythologizing of landscape as factors in national education in the first half of the twentieth century : the case of East Prussia -- The "landscape after battle" : the political cult of the fallen in Poland after World War II -- "It was only a film!" : three images of conflicts and dialogues of memory.…”
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A Jewish feminine mystique? Jewish women in postwar America /

Table of Contents: “…Dawidowicz's postwar Jewish Cold War / Nancy Sinkoff -- Our defense against despair : the progressive politics of the national council of Jewish women after World War II / Kathleen A. Laughlin -- It's good Americanism to join Hadassah : selling Hadassah in the postwar era / Rebecca Boim Wolf -- A lady sometimes blows the shofar : women's religious equality in the postwar reconstructionist movement / Deborah Waxman -- Beyond the myths of mobility and altruism : Jewish immigrant professionals and Jewish social welfare agencies in New York City, 1948-1954 / Rebecca Kobrin -- Negotiating new terrain : Egyptian women at home in America / Audrey Nasar -- The bad girls of Jewish comedy : gender, class, assimilation, and whiteness in postwar America / Giovanna P. …”
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The past in the present : the construction of Polish history / by Traba, Robert

Table of Contents: “…Poles and Germans : the empirical world -- On Germans "mine" and "not mine" : a personal case study -- In search of a "portable homeland" : Poles in multi-cultural Berlin -- Warmia/Ermland in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries : a sketch portrait of the village of Purda Wielka as a backdrop -- Collective memory and cultural landscape : reflections on a war cemetery restoration project in Drweck (Dröbnitz) -- "You glorify the foreign, but you do not know your own" : the magic of place and the mythologizing of landscape as factors in national education in the first half of the twentieth century : the case of East Prussia -- The "landscape after battle" : the political cult of the fallen in Poland after World War II -- "It was only a film!" : three images of conflicts and dialogues of memory.…”
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The Qualcomm equation how a fledgling Telecom company forged a new path to big profits and market dominance / by Mock, Dave

Table of Contents: “…Ecstasy, pianos, torpedoes : the beginnings, World War II to the mid-1960s -- From Linkabit to Qualcomm : starts and encores, mid-1960s to late 1980s -- Start of the cellular boom : the need for new commercial applications, 1980s -- Cellular goes digital : second-generation stirrings, late 1980s -- Disrupting the cellular status quo : Qualcomm goes to bat, 1989 -- Spreading the CDMA message : turning points, late 1989 -- New technology never sells itself : winning acceptance one demo at a time, 1989-1991 -- Creating a common interface : devising and testing, 1990-1991 -- Becoming a wireless standard : going the extra mile to acceptance, 1992-1993 -- Marketing in tandem with technology : building partnerships, 1993-1994 -- Wireless holy wars: trials by fire, 1994-1995 -- Make or break in personal communications services : the tide turns at last, 1995 -- Defining the core business : equipment manufacturer or technology developer? …”
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Japan's foreign policy since 1945 by Cooney, Kevin J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the story of Japan after World War II -- The catalyst for change -- The problem and the questions -- The literature -- Elite Interviews -- The variables -- Objectives and expected significance of the book -- Ouline of the book -- The legacy of the occupation: an abnormal foreign policy -- Historical background -- Japanese foreign and security policy 1952-1990 -- The Gulf War requires change -- The Gulf War and Japanese foreign policy -- The peace keeping operations law (PKO) -- Towards a security council seat and beyond -- Theorectically speaking: realism and alternative security -- Japanese limitations -- Alternative security -- The theoretical foundations of foreign policy restructing -- Alternative views of Japanese security -- Foreign-policy restructuring in Japan -- A model of foreign-policy restructuring -- Talking to the policy makers themselves -- What are the foreign-policy makers thinking -- Planning for Japan's future security -- Japan's national security -- Abandonment -- Japan's options -- The myth of Gaiatsu: how Japan views its place in the world -- Adjusting to the post-cold war world -- Gaiatsu -- The myth of Gaiatsu -- What is Japan doing? …”
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Oral history and public memories

Table of Contents: “…Roque Ramirez -- Interfaced memory : black World War II ex-GIs' and veterans' reunions of the late twentieth century / Robert F. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

From colony to superpower U.S. foreign relations since 1776 / by Herring, George C., 1936-

Table of Contents: “…"To begin the world over again" : foreign policy and the birth of the republic, 1776-1778 -- "None who can make us afraid" : the new republic in a hostile world, 1789-1801 -- "Purified as by fire" : republicanism challenged and reaffirmed, 1801-1815 -- "Leave the rest to us" : the assertive republic, 1815-1837 -- "A dose of arsenic" : slavery, expansionism, and the road to disunion, 1837-1861 -- "Last best hope" : the Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War diplomacy, 1861-1877 -- "A good enough England" : foreign relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893 -- The War of 1898 and the dawn of the American century, 1893-1901 -- "Bursting with good intentions" : the United States in world affairs, 1901-1913 -- "A new age" : Wilson, the Great War, and U.S. foreign policy, 1913-1921 -- Involvement without commitment, 1921-1931 -- The great transformation : depression, isolationism, and war, 1931-1941 -- "Five continents and seven seas" : World War II and the emergence of American globalism, 1941-1945 -- "A noble burden far from our shores" : Truman, the Cold War, and the revolution in American foreign policy, 1945-1953 -- Coexistence and crises, 1953-1961 -- Gulliver's troubles: Kennedy, Johnson, and the limits of power, 1961-1969 -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the end of the postwar era, 1969-1974 -- Foreign policy in an age of dissonance, 1974-1981 -- "A unique and extraordinary time in world history" : Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the end of the Cold War, 1981-1991 -- The strength of a giant : America as hyper-power, 1992-2007.…”
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Digital state : the story of Minnesota's computing industry / by Misa, Thomas J.

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Digital state : the story of Minnesota's computing industry / by Misa, Thomas J.

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“Cap” Cornish, Indiana Pilot : Navigating the Century of Flight / by Ingraham, Ruth Ann

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“Cap” Cornish, Indiana Pilot : Navigating the Century of Flight / by Ingraham, Ruth Ann

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There and back again : J R R Tolkien and the origins of the Hobbit / by Atherton, Mark

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There and back again : J R R Tolkien and the origins of the Hobbit / by Atherton, Mark

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Revival After the Great War : Rebuild, Remember, Repair, Reform

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The Hovde Years : A Biography of Frederick L. Hovde / by Topping, Robert W.

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The Hovde Years : A Biography of Frederick L. Hovde / by Topping, Robert W.

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Revival After the Great War : Rebuild, Remember, Repair, Reform

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