Author: United States. War Department
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Category : Japan
Languages : en
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Handbook on Japanese Military Forces
Author: United States. War Department
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Category : Japan
Languages : en
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Category : Japan
Languages : en
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Reference Manual of Government Corporations, General Accounting Office, as of June 30, 1945
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
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Category : Corporations, Government
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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Category : Corporations, Government
Languages : en
Pages : 550
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The Darkest Year
Author: William K. Klingaman
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250133173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
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The Darkest Year is acclaimed author William K. Klingaman’s narrative history of the American home front from December 7, 1941 through the end of 1942, a psychological study of the nation under the pressure of total war. For Americans on the home front, the twelve months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor comprised the darkest year of World War Two. Despite government attempts to disguise the magnitude of American losses, it was clear that the nation had suffered a nearly unbroken string of military setbacks in the Pacific; by the autumn of 1942, government officials were openly acknowledging the possibility that the United States might lose the war. Appeals for unity and declarations of support for the war effort in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor made it appear as though the class hostilities and partisan animosities that had beset the United States for decades — and grown sharper during the Depression — suddenly disappeared. They did not, and a deeply divided American society splintered further during 1942 as numerous interest groups sought to turn the wartime emergency to their own advantage. Blunders and repeated displays of incompetence by the Roosevelt administration added to the sense of anxiety and uncertainty that hung over the nation. The Darkest Year focuses on Americans’ state of mind not only through what they said, but in the day-to-day details of their behavior. Klingaman blends these psychological effects with the changes the war wrought in American society and culture, including shifts in family roles, race relations, economic pursuits, popular entertainment, education, and the arts.
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
ISBN: 1250133173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
The Darkest Year is acclaimed author William K. Klingaman’s narrative history of the American home front from December 7, 1941 through the end of 1942, a psychological study of the nation under the pressure of total war. For Americans on the home front, the twelve months following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor comprised the darkest year of World War Two. Despite government attempts to disguise the magnitude of American losses, it was clear that the nation had suffered a nearly unbroken string of military setbacks in the Pacific; by the autumn of 1942, government officials were openly acknowledging the possibility that the United States might lose the war. Appeals for unity and declarations of support for the war effort in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor made it appear as though the class hostilities and partisan animosities that had beset the United States for decades — and grown sharper during the Depression — suddenly disappeared. They did not, and a deeply divided American society splintered further during 1942 as numerous interest groups sought to turn the wartime emergency to their own advantage. Blunders and repeated displays of incompetence by the Roosevelt administration added to the sense of anxiety and uncertainty that hung over the nation. The Darkest Year focuses on Americans’ state of mind not only through what they said, but in the day-to-day details of their behavior. Klingaman blends these psychological effects with the changes the war wrought in American society and culture, including shifts in family roles, race relations, economic pursuits, popular entertainment, education, and the arts.
Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the Pacific, 1941-1942 (Vol. 1) (The Pacific War Trilogy)
Author: Ian W. Toll
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393083179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a marvelously readable dramatic narrative." —San Francisco Chronicle On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss, a blow that destroyed the offensive power of their fleet. Pacific Crucible—through a dramatic narrative relying predominantly on primary sources and eyewitness accounts of heroism and sacrifice from both navies—tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history to seize the strategic initiative.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393083179
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 732
Book Description
Winner of the Northern California Book Award for Nonfiction "Both a serious work of history…and a marvelously readable dramatic narrative." —San Francisco Chronicle On the first Sunday in December 1941, an armada of Japanese warplanes appeared suddenly over Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Six months later, in a sea fight north of the tiny atoll of Midway, four Japanese aircraft carriers were sent into the abyss, a blow that destroyed the offensive power of their fleet. Pacific Crucible—through a dramatic narrative relying predominantly on primary sources and eyewitness accounts of heroism and sacrifice from both navies—tells the epic tale of these first searing months of the Pacific war, when the U.S. Navy shook off the worst defeat in American military history to seize the strategic initiative.
Hamilton Wristwatches A Reference Guide
Author: Bruce Shawkey
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0692746048
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A guide for Hamilton wristwatch collectors to identify watches made between 1917 and 1969.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0692746048
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
A guide for Hamilton wristwatch collectors to identify watches made between 1917 and 1969.
Labor Relations Reference Manual
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Category : Arbitration, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
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Category : Arbitration, Industrial
Languages : en
Pages : 1520
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Technical Publications for Army Air Forces Field Technical Libraries
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Category : Aeronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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United States Government Publications Monthly Catalog
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
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Index Catalog of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 786
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Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, National Library of Medicine
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
"Collection of incunabula and early medical prints in the library of the Surgeon-general's office, U.S. Army": Ser. 3, v. 10, p. 1415-1436.
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Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 856
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"Collection of incunabula and early medical prints in the library of the Surgeon-general's office, U.S. Army": Ser. 3, v. 10, p. 1415-1436.