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All Roads Lead to Rome
Searching for the End of My Father's War
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CA$44.95
ISBN: 9781640126275
Pub Date: December 2024
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
When a slim packet of his father's letters came to light after his mother's death, Bill Thorness began a quest to rediscover his father, who was an army commando battling in Italy to liberate Rome in World War II.
Richard Tregaskis
Reporting under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam
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CA$30.95
ISBN: 9780826366993
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
?In Boomhower?s talented hands, the gripping story of one of World War II?s finest journalists leaps off the page in an action-packed tale of a life on the front lines of history.??James M. Scott, Pulitzer...
Ski, Climb, Fight
The 10th Mountain Division and the Rise of Mountain Warfare
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CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780806194653
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Intertwining the history of the World War II 10th Mountain Division and US mountain warfare with the history of American skiing and mountaineering, Ski, Climb, Fight is at once an unprecedented, in-depth account of one of the most celebrated military units of World War II and a fresh look at US mountain warfare from its inception eighty years ago to our own day.
Nazis at the Watercooler
War Criminals in Postwar German Government Agencies
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CA$47.95
ISBN: 9781640125698
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Nazis at the Watercooler chronicles a historic injustice quieted by German government officials and abetted by the CIA: the ease with which Nazi war criminals were able to land jobs in the postwar civil service, largely because of a callous indifference among German authorities about job candidates' wartime records.
Always a Berliner at Heart
Jewish Emigrants in Dialogue with Their Home Town
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CA$202.95
ISBN: 9781835537404
Pub Date: October 2024
Ebook available to libraries exclusively as part of the JSTOR Path to Open initiative.In the early 1990s, after the fall of the Berlin Wall and during the process of German re-unification, the city...
Reinventing World War II
Popular Memory in the Rise of the Ethnonationalist State
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CA$142.95
ISBN: 9780271097824
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Battle of Britain
And Canada's Gallant Airmen
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CA$34.95
ISBN: 9781990823930
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: Sutherland House
The gripping and heroic story of fighter pilots defending the skies over Britain from unprecedented Nazi attackFor 113 terrifying days in 1940, Nazi Germany’s air force, the Luftwaffe, threw everything...
Special Operations in World War II
British and American Irregular Warfare
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CA$40.95
ISBN: 9780806194066
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
British and American commanders first used modern special forces in support of conventional military operations during World War II. Since then, although special ops have featured prominently in popular culture and media coverage of wars, the academic study of irregular warfare has remained as elusive as the practitioners of special operations themselves. This book is the first comprehensive study of the development, application, and value of Anglo-American commando and special forces units during the Second World War.
Enemies among Us
The Relocation, Internment, and Repatriation of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during the Second World War
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CA$47.95
ISBN: 9781496238870
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
John E. Schmitz examines the causes, conditions, and consequences of America's selective relocation and internment of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during World War II.
Bearing Witness
Prison Stories from a Woman's Fight Against Fascism
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CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780745349084
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: Pluto Press
One woman's experience of Fascism in Spain, France, and Germany
Not Just a Man's War
Chinese Women's Memories of the War of Resistance against Japan, 1931-45
Price:
CA$99.00
ISBN: 9780774870351
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Not Just a Man’s War uncovers the extraordinary stories of ordinary Chinese women during the horrific fourteen-year War of Resistance against Japan, from 1931 to 1945.
Alaska Native Resilience
Voices from World War II
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CA$41.00
ISBN: 9780295752525
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: University of Washington Press
Alaska Native elders remember wartime invasion, relocation, and land reclamationThe US government justified its World War II occupation of Alaska as a defense against Japan?s invasion of the Aleutian...
The Feldafing Boys
Uncovering My Father's Stolen Childhood at an Elite Nazi School
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CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781615199457
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: The Experiment
Now in paperback: the true, untold story of Germany’s elite Feldafing school—where boys were trained to fight in Hitler’s army—told through the personal lens of Helene Munson’s father’s rediscovered journal and meticulous historical research
Postcards to Hitler
Despair and Courage on the Eve of the Holocaust
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CA$18.98
CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781685900540
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: New York University Press
An intimate history of the Holocaust, drawn from the final days of a Jewish family in Munich Postcards to Hitler tells the story of a Jewish family in Munich living as close neighbors to the demagogue...
Traitor By Default
The Trials of Kanao Inouye, the Kamloops Kid
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CA$26.99
ISBN: 9781459753693
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: Dundurn Press
At the end of World War II, a young Japanese Canadian would stand trial and face execution for having committed war crimes and betraying his country.One of the most bizarre stories to emerge at the...
Stalin's Failed Alliance
The Struggle for Collective Security, 1936-1939
Price:
CA$110.00
ISBN: 9781487553425
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Drawing on extensive archival research, Stalin’s Failed Alliance presents an inside look at Soviet foreign policy making.
All Roads Lead to Rome
Searching for the End of My Father's War
CA$44.95
ISBN: 9781640126275
Pub Date: December 2024
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Richard Tregaskis
Reporting under Fire from Guadalcanal to Vietnam
CA$30.95
ISBN: 9780826366993
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: University of New Mexico Press
Ski, Climb, Fight
The 10th Mountain Division and the Rise of Mountain Warfare
CA$49.95
ISBN: 9780806194653
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Nazis at the Watercooler
War Criminals in Postwar German Government Agencies
CA$47.95
ISBN: 9781640125698
Pub Date: November 2024
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Always a Berliner at Heart
Jewish Emigrants in Dialogue with Their Home Town
CA$202.95
ISBN: 9781835537404
Pub Date: October 2024
Reinventing World War II
Popular Memory in the Rise of the Ethnonationalist State
CA$142.95
ISBN: 9780271097824
Pub Date: October 2024
Imprint: Penn State University Press
Battle of Britain
And Canada's Gallant Airmen
CA$34.95
ISBN: 9781990823930
Pub Date: September 2024
Imprint: Sutherland House
Special Operations in World War II
British and American Irregular Warfare
CA$40.95
ISBN: 9780806194066
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: University of Oklahoma Press
Enemies among Us
The Relocation, Internment, and Repatriation of German, Italian, and Japanese Americans during the Second World War
CA$47.95
ISBN: 9781496238870
Pub Date: August 2024
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Bearing Witness
Prison Stories from a Woman's Fight Against Fascism
CA$33.95
ISBN: 9780745349084
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: Pluto Press
One woman's experience of Fascism in Spain, France, and Germany
Not Just a Man's War
Chinese Women's Memories of the War of Resistance against Japan, 1931-45
CA$99.00
ISBN: 9780774870351
Pub Date: July 2024
Imprint: UBC Press
Not Just a Man’s War uncovers the extraordinary stories of ordinary Chinese women during the horrific fourteen-year War of Resistance against Japan, from 1931 to 1945.
Alaska Native Resilience
Voices from World War II
CA$41.00
ISBN: 9780295752525
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: University of Washington Press
The Feldafing Boys
Uncovering My Father's Stolen Childhood at an Elite Nazi School
CA$24.95
ISBN: 9781615199457
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: The Experiment
Postcards to Hitler
Despair and Courage on the Eve of the Holocaust
CA$18.98 CA$37.95
ISBN: 9781685900540
Pub Date: June 2024
Imprint: New York University Press
Traitor By Default
The Trials of Kanao Inouye, the Kamloops Kid
CA$26.99
ISBN: 9781459753693
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: Dundurn Press
Stalin's Failed Alliance
The Struggle for Collective Security, 1936-1939
CA$110.00
ISBN: 9781487553425
Pub Date: April 2024
Imprint: University of Toronto Press
Drawing on extensive archival research, Stalin’s Failed Alliance presents an inside look at Soviet foreign policy making.