Reinventing childhood after World War II /

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Reinventing childhood after World War II

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Jews in New Mexico since World War II / by Tobias, Henry Jack

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The battle rifle : development and use since World War II / by Tilstra, Russell C., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Post-World War II western rifle development -- FN FAL -- HK G3 -- U.S. …”
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The violent American century : war and terror since World War II / by Dower, John W.

Table of Contents: “…Measuring violence -- Legacies of World War II -- Cold War nuclear terror -- Cold War wars -- Proxy war and surrogate terror -- New and old world orders : the 1990s -- September 11 and "a new kind of war" -- Arcs of instability -- The American century at seventy-five.…”

Anatomy of victory : why the United States triumphed in World War II, fought to a stalemate in Korea, lost in Vietnam, and failed in Iraq / by Caldwell, John Dean, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Battle of Britain : winning by not losing -- Battle of the Atlantic : protecting the maritime lifeline -- Invasion of Russia : Hitler's strategic mistake -- Battle of El Alamein and operation torch : cracking German invincibility -- Battles of Midway and Guadalcanal : regaining initiative in the Pacific -- Strategic bombing offensive : breaking German airpower -- Invasion of Italy : deciding to fight somewhere in Europe in 1943 -- D-Day and Battle for Normandy : retaking the Continent -- Battle for the Rhine : attacking Germany's vitals -- Battle of Okinawa and the bombing of Japan : ending the war -- The strategic architectures of World War II -- Battle of the Pusan perimeter : getting the most out of a bad situation -- Inchon : Operation Chromite : MacArthur's masterstroke -- Crossing the 38th parallel and driving north to the Yalu : the risks of overreaching -- Operations Ripper and Killer : recovery and frustration -- The strategic architectures of the Korean War -- Battle of Ia Drang Valley : not fighting the decisive battle -- Bombing campaign and high-tech initiatives : Operations Rolling Thunder and Igloo White : airpower and technology indecisive -- The Pacification program (1967-1968) : failing to change behavior -- The Tet Offensive (1968) : strategic disaster -- Vietnamization : never a winning strategy -- The final years (1969-1975) : the losing path -- The strategic architectures of the Vietnam War -- Iraqi War I, Persian Gulf War : defeating Saddam, losing politically -- Iraqi War II, 13-year air conflict : the limits of airpower -- Iraqi War III, invasion of Iraq : winning without an endgame -- Iraqi War IV, the insurgency and the surge (2007-2008) : relearning counterinsurgency -- Iraqi War V, the rise of ISIS : a new, more violent enemy -- The strategic architectures of the Iraqi Wars.…”
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Warring over Valor : How Race and Gender Shaped American Military Heroism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries /

Table of Contents: “…Black Military Heroism from World War II to the Vietnam War /…”
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LatinAsian cartographies : history, writing, and the national imaginary / by Thananopavarn, Susan, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Battle on the Homefront: World War II and Patriotic Racism --…”
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Third-generation Holocaust representation : trauma, history, and memory / by Aarons, Victoria, Berger, Alan L., 1939-

“…Cultural expressions of World War II.…”

Third-generation Holocaust representation : trauma, history, and memory / by Aarons, Victoria, Berger, Alan L., 1939-

“…Cultural expressions of World War II.…”
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Austrian studies today /

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Energy and international war : from Babylon to Baghdad and beyond / by Singer, Clifford

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Warriors and scholars : a modern war reader /

Table of Contents: “…Foreword; SECTION I: WORLD WAR II, EUROPE; SECTION II: WORLD WAR II, PACIFIC; SECTION III: THE EARLY COLD WAR; SECTION IV: THE KOREAN WAR; SECTION V: THE VIETNAM WAR; SECTION VI: THE LATE COLD WAR; SECTION VII: TERRORISM; Index.…”
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When soldiers fall : how Americans have confronted combat losses from World War I to Afghanistan / by Casey, Steven

Table of Contents: “…Censorship and the first casualty controversy: World War I, 1917-1918 -- Bad news in the "good war": World War II, 1941-1943 -- The price of victory: World War II, 1944-1945 -- Partisanship and the police action: the Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Vietnam: the escalating war, 1961-1968 -- Vietnam: de-escalation and defeat, 1969-1989 -- Gulf Wars: Iraq and Afghanistan, 1990-2011.…”
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War time : an idea, its history, its consequences / by Dudziak, Mary L., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- What Time Is It? -- When Was World War II? -- What Kind of War Was the Cold War? -- What Is a War on Terror? …”
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Warring over Valor : How Race and Gender Shaped American Military Heroism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries /

Table of Contents: “…The American Legion and "service" between the Wars / George Lewis -- GI Joe Nisei: The invention of World War II's iconic Japanese American soldier / Ellen D. …”
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Understanding the humanitarian world / by Maxwell, Daniel G., Gelsdorf, Kirsten Heidi

Table of Contents: “…The origins of contemporary humanitarian action : from the early beginnings to World War II -- Humanitarian action in the Cold War and its aftermath -- Humanitarian action in the twenty-first century -- Contemporary humanitarian actors -- Contemporary humanitarian architecture and action -- Changes in policy and practice -- Unresolved (and unresolvable?) …”

The future of the Middle East : faith, force, and finance / by Palmer, Monte

Table of Contents: “…The power of faith, force, and finance -- World War I sets the stage for the modern Middle East (1914-40) -- World War II reshapes the Middle East (1940-67) -- A surge of religious extremism (1967-80) -- Religious violence unleashed (1975-90) -- The era of peace, stability, and illusion (1990-2000) -- The era of global terror and counter-terror (2000-10) -- The era of Islamic rule (2010-13) -- The old order strikes back -- Solutions to an era of stalemate (post 2017)…”
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Writing wars : authorship and American war fiction, WWI to present / by Eisler, David F., 1984-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- "Stick to her farms and farmer folk" : World War I and the origins of combat gnosticism -- "Tell it like it was" : World War II and the institutional curation of memory -- "You had to be there" : Vietnam and the veteran's consolidation of authority -- "You don't have to be a veteran" : the all-volunteer force and the dispersion of authority -- "The new battle" : the civil-military gap and the shock of coming home -- "The other side of COIN" : counterinsurgency and the ethics of memory -- "You volunteered to get screwed" : public trust and the literary representation of the professional military -- Appendix: The American novels of Iraq and Afghanistan through 2020.…”
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Choosing to lead : understanding Congressional foreign policy entrepreneurs / by Carter, Ralph G.

Table of Contents: “…Beyond the White House : bringing Congress into the foreign policy picture -- From problem to policy : a theory of Congressional foreign policy entrepreneurship -- Surveying the landscape : Congressional foreign policy entrepreneurs since World War II -- The rising tide : entrepreneurship in the Cold War consensus period, 1946/1967 -- Players in the game : entrepreneurship in the cold war dissensus period, 1968/1989 -- Contending with the thaw : entrepreneurship in the post/Cold War period, 1990/2000 -- After 9/11 : entrepreneurs into the 21st century -- Part of the landscape : conclusions on the entrepreneur effect.…”
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