World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension

World War II: The Global, Human, and Ethical Dimension

Edited by G. Kurt Piehler, Florida State University

As our longstanding World War II series continues to grow, we are interested in scholarship that not only explores the political, military, diplomatic and economic dimensions of the war but also works that analyze social, intellectual and cultural elements and impact. A central focus for us will be on publishing monographs that delve into the human dimension—from the perspective of not only the combatants but also civilians from all regions and nations impacted by the war.

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Allied Encounters

Allied Encounters

Marisa Escolar

Marisa Escolar

Analyzes Anglo-American and Italian literary, cinematic and military representations of World War II Italy in order to trace, critique and move beyond the gendered paradigm of redemption that has conditioned understandings of the Allied-Italian encounter.

ISBN: 9780823284498

War Pictures

Kent Puckett

Kent Puckett

In this original and engaging work, author Kent Puckett looks at how British filmmakers imagined, saw, and sought to represent its war during wartime through film. The Second World War posed unique...

ISBN: 9780823276509

Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free

Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free

Alexander Jefferson, Lewis H. Carlson

Alexander Jefferson

With Lewis H. Carlson

Red Tail Captured, Red Tail Free is a rare gift detailing the experience of Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson, who was one of 32 Tuskegee Airmen from the 332nd Fighter Group to be shot down defending...

ISBN: 9780823274383

A Pact with Vichy

A Pact with Vichy

Emanuel Rota

Emanuel Rota

The illuminating intellectual biography of one of the most controversial Italian figures of the twentieth century.

ISBN: 9780823267293

Chasing Ghosts

Louise DeSalvo

Louise DeSalvo

“Chasing Ghosts” describes how the daughter of a World War II veteran comes to understand her emotionally wounded father through his stories about his childhood, naval service in the late 1930s, and wartime experiences, and through the research she undertakes to understand her father’s life in the context of history.

ISBN: 9780823268849

The Church of Greece under Axis Occupation

The Church of Greece under Axis Occupation

Panteleymon Anastasakis

Panteleymon Anastasakis

This study examines the response of the Greek clergy to the experience of enemy occupation during World War II. In particular, it evaluates how these men reacted to Axis brutality, the nationwide famine, the Holocaust, and the growth of national resistance movements during the period.

ISBN: 9780823261994

The Diary of Prisoner 17326

The Diary of Prisoner 17326

John K. Stutterheim, Mark Parillo

John K. Stutterheim

In this moving memoir a young man comes of age in an age of violence, brutality, and war. Recounting his experiences during the Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies, this account brings to...

ISBN: 9780823231515

Hungary in World War II

Hungary in World War II

Deborah S. Cornelius

Deborah S. Cornelius

The story of Hungary's participation in World War II is part of a much larger narrative—one that has never before been fully recounted for a non-Hungarian readership. As told by Deborah Cornelius,...

ISBN: 9780823233441

An American Heroine in the French Resistance

An American Heroine in the French Resistance

Judy Barrett Litoff

Edited by Judy Barrett Litoff

This fascinating book tells the remarkable story of an ordinary American woman’s heroism in the French Resistance. Virginia Roush fell in love with Philippe d’Albert-Lake during a visit to France...

ISBN: 9780823225828

The United States and the Second World War

The United States and the Second World War

G. Kurt Piehler, Sidney Pash

Edited by G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash

In this compelling book, G. Kurt Piehler and Sidney Pash bring together a collection of essays offering a fresh examination of American participation in the Second World War, including a long overdue...

ISBN: 9780823252039

Uniquely Okinawan

Uniquely Okinawan

Courtney A. Short

Courtney A. Short

When the U.S. military landed on the shores of Okinawa in 1945, they faced not only a fierce and battle-tested Japanese force, but also 463,000 Okinawan inhabitants. Larger than any other civilian...

ISBN: 9780823287727

France during World War II

France during World War II

Thomas R. Christofferson, Michael S. Christofferson

Thomas R. Christofferson and Michael S. Christofferson

In this concise, clearly written book, Thomas and Michael Christofferson provide a balanced introduction to every aspect of the French experience during World War II.Synthesizing a wide range...

ISBN: 9780823225637

Combat Reporter

Combat Reporter

Don Whitehead, John B. Romeiser, Rick Atkinson, Benjamin Franklin

Don Whitehead

Edited by John B. Romeiser

Afterword by Benjamin Franklin

“No one bore witness better than Don Whitehead . . . this volume, deftly combining his diary and a previously unpublished memoir, brings Whitehead and his reporting back to life, and 21st-century...

ISBN: 9780823226757

Süssen Is Now Free of Jews

Süssen Is Now Free of Jews

Gilya Gerda Schmidt

Gilya Gerda Schmidt

Two Jewish families, the Langs and the Ottenheimers, settled in the two separate parts of Suessen, District Goeppingen, in 1902. The Langs established a cattle business in Gross-Suessen, the Ottenheimers established a branch of their weaving business, headquartered in Goeppingen, in Klein-Suessen. Based primarily on archival sources, the study gives an insight into everyday rural Jewish life, persecution and deportation during the Holocaust, an American soldier’s World War II experience, experiences of liberation from concentration camps, the reparations process and life after 1945.

ISBN: 9780823243297

Letters to Lee

James V. Edmundson, Celia Edmundson

James V. Edmundson

Edited by Celia Edmundson

In his 36 years of military service, Lt. General James V. Edmundson had extensive experience in combat operations and command at every level in the Air Force. He had over 10,000 hours of pilot time...

ISBN: 9780823230969

Between the Bylines

Between the Bylines

Susan E. Wiant, Walter Cronkite

Susan E. Wiant

Thoburn H. "Toby" Wiant was a fighter from an early age, and words were his weapons of choice. During World War II, he fought to scoop stories from rival reporters on the front lines as an Associated...

ISBN: 9780823233014

Jack Toffey's War

Jack Toffey's War

John J. Toffey, IV

John J. Toffey, IV

“I see this book as the story my father never got to tell,” John Toffey writes. And what a remarkable story it is that Lt. Col. Jack Toffey never got to tell.In this moving account of...

ISBN: 9780823229796

The General and His Daughter

The General and His Daughter

Barbara Gavin Fauntleroy, Starlyn Jorgensen, Gayle Wurst

Barbara Gavin Fauntleroy

Edited by Gayle Wurst

James Maurice Gavin left for war in April 1943 as a colonel commanding the 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division—America’s first airborne division and the first to fight...

ISBN: 9780823226870

Army GI, Pacifist CO

Army GI, Pacifist CO

Frank Dietrich, Albert Dietrich, Scott H. Bennett

Frank Dietrich and Albert Dietrich

Edited by Scott H. Bennett

Frank and Albert Dietrich were identical twins whose lives took very differentdirections during World War II. Drafted into the Army Air Corps and trained asa radio operator, Frank was shipped...

ISBN: 9780823223787

"I Must be a Part of this War"

"I Must be a Part of this War"

Patricia Kollander, John O'Sullivan

Patricia Kollander

With John O'Sullivan

Kurt Frank Korf’s story is one of the most unusual to come out of World War II. Although German-Americans were America’s largest ethnic group, and German-Americans—including thousands of native-born...

ISBN: 9780823225286

Going to War with Japan, 1937-1941

Going to War with Japan, 1937-1941

Jonathan G. Utley

Jonathan G. Utley

How did Japan and the United States end up at waron December 7, 1941? What American decisions mighthave provoked the Japanese decision to attack Pearl Harbor?In this classic study...

ISBN: 9780823224722

Fighting Fascism in Europe

Fighting Fascism in Europe

Lawrence Cane

Lawrence Cane

On his first day in basic training in 1942, Lawrence Cane wrote his wife Grace from Fort Dix, New Jersey. "I'm in the army now?really!" he wrote, complaining, "I don't have enough time to write a...

ISBN: 9780823222513

Beachhead Don

Don Whitehead, John B. Romeiser

Don Whitehead

Edited by John B. Romeiser

Winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, Don Whitehead delivered battlefield dispatches that were classics of frontline reporting. One of the legendary reporters of World War II, Whitehead covered almost every...

ISBN: 9780823224128

Voices of My Comrades

Voices of My Comrades

Carol Adele Kelly, Ted Stevens, Daniel K. Inouye

Edited by Carol Adele Kelly

Over the course of five years, the Reserve Officers Association of the United States—the nation’s oldest such professional military organization—invited its members to write about their experiences...

ISBN: 9780823228232

Latvia in World War II

Latvia in World War II

Valdis O. Lumans

Valdis O. Lumans

Valdis Lumans provides an authoritative, balanced, and comprehensive account of one of the most complex, and conflicted, arenas of the Second World War. Struggling against both Germany and...

ISBN: 9780823226276