The Library of Congress World War II Companion by Margaret E. Wagner, Linda Barrett Osborne, Susan Reyburn -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Cover Title Page Copyright ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Dedication Contents INTRODUCTION BY DAVID M. KENNEDY PREFACE BY JAMES H. BILLINGTON, THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS ABOUT THIS BOOK CONTRIBUTORS 1. THE WORLD AT WAR

PART I: PRELUDE

Treaty of Versailles Post-Versailles: The State of the World Communism versus Fascism The Rise of Totalitarianism Peace and Disarmament Interwar Economics and Depression War in the 1930s Conclusion: Into the Future

PART II: A GLOBAL CONFLICT: SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

Alliances and Colonies Global Transport Migrations and Refugees Combatants Neutral Nations The Geography of War PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

2. WARTIME POLITICS

Time Line PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

3. MOBILIZATION: THE RIFLE, THE WRENCH, AND THE RATIONING BOOK

Prologue Introduction Military Mobilization Civil Defense Industry and War Production Other Government Mobilization PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

4. MILITARY LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATION

THE AXIS Axis Military Leaders and Their Armed Forces THE ALLIES Allied Military Leaders and Their Armed Forces PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

5. INSTRUMENTS OF WAR

Aircraft Artillery, Tanks, and Tank Destroyers Cameras Camouflage, Decoys, and Deception Fortifications Mines and Booby Traps Naval Vessels and Weaponry Small Arms Technological Devices Vehicles (Land) Weapons of Terror, Desperation, and Mass Destruction PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

6. MILITARY OPERATIONS, 1937–1941

1937–August 1939: Fire in the East September 1939–December 1940: Fire in the West 1941: The World’s Wars Become a World War PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

7. MILITARY OPERATIONS, 1942–1945

1942: The Allies Against the Ropes 1943: The Tide Begins to Turn 1944: Toward Tokyo and Berlin 1945: Allied Victory and an Uneasy Peace PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

8. WAR CRIMES AND THE HOLOCAUST

The Rules of War War Crimes The Allies The Axis The Holocaust Time Line PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

9. THE UNDERGROUND WAR

Underground Warriors: Intelligence Organizations Methods of Underground Warfare Resistance Movements, Partisans, and Underground Political Organizations Jewish Resistance PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

10. THE MEDIA WAR

Propaganda and Censorship Organizations and Agendas Censorship Issues Black Propaganda Propaganda Techniques The Media Propaganda, Truth, and Influence PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

11. WAR ON THE HOME FRONT

Morale Labor Agriculture The Role of Women Doing Without and Making Do: Rationing and Salvaging Civil Defense, Air Raids, and Bomb Shelters Mobility/Evacuations Axis Japanese Americans on the Home Front Religion From Home Front to Home PRINCIPAL SOURCES AND FURTHER READING

12. THE AFTERMATH

“The War Is Over!” A New World Landscape Occupation Refugees and Displaced Persons Prosecuting War Criminals Postwar America: The United States after V-J Day Balance of Power and the Cold War An American Memorial, 2004 Principal Sources And Further Reading

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