A Companion to World War II, Volume I & II

Copyright © 2013 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

A Companion to World War II, Volume I & II

Editor(s): Thomas W. Zeiler, Daniel M. DuBois

Published Online: 29 NOV 2012 08:58AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781405196819

Online ISBN: 9781118325018

DOI: 10.1002/9781118325018

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A Companion to World War II brings together a series of fresh academic perspectives on World War II, exploring the many cultural, social, and political contexts of the war. Essay topics range from American anti-Semitism to the experiences of French-African soldiers, providing nearly 60 new contributions to the genre arranged across two comprehensive volumes. 

  • A collection of original historiographic essays that include cutting-edge research
  • Analyzes the roles of neutral nations during the war
  • Examines the war from the bottom up through the experiences of different social classes
  • Covers the causes, key battles, and consequences of the war

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xvi)

    1. Introduction (pages 1–10)

  3. Part I: Roots of War

    1. Chapter one

      How a Second World War happened (pages 11–28)

      Gerhard L. Weinberg

    2. Chapter Two

      The Versailles Peace Settlement and the Collective Security System (pages 29–46)

      Frédéric Dessberg

    3. Chapter Three

      The Great Depression (pages 47–62)

      John E. Moser

    4. Chapter Four

      Colonialism in Asia (pages 63–76)

      Christopher D. O'Sullivan

    5. Chapter Five

      Visionaries of Expansion (pages 77–90)

      R. J. B. Bosworth

    6. Chapter Six

      Soviet Planning for War, 1928–June 1941 (pages 91–101)

      Alexander Hill

  4. Part II: Fighting the War

    1. Chapter Seven

      Japanese Early Attack (pages 103–123)

      Brian P. Farrell

    2. Chapter Eight

      War and Empire: The Transformation of Southern Asia (pages 124–140)

      Gary R. Hess

    3. Chapter Nine

      CBI: A Historiographical Review (pages 141–153)

      Dr. Maochun Yu

    4. Chapter Ten

      The German Assault, 1939–1941 (pages 154–168)

      Robert M. Citino

    5. Chapter Eleven

      Militaries Compared: Wehrmacht and Red Army, 1941–1945 (pages 169–185)

      Mark Edele

    6. Chapter Twelve

      The Bombers: The Strategic Bombing of Germany and Japan (pages 186–207)

      Randall Wakelam

    7. Chapter Thirteen

      Scandinavian Campaigns (pages 208–221)

      Olli Vehviläinen

    8. Chapter Fourteen

      The Naval War in the Mediterranean (pages 222–242)

      Barbara Brooks Tomblin

    9. Chapter Fifteen

      Ocean War (pages 243–261)

      Ashley Jackson

    10. Chapter Sixteen

      Maritime War: Combat, Management, and Memory (pages 262–277)

      Kevin Smith

    11. Chapter Seventeen

      The Middle East and World War II (pages 278–295)

      Simon Davis

    12. Chapter Eighteen

      The Western Front, 1944–1945 (pages 296–311)

      Christopher R. Gabel

    13. Chapter Nineteen

      Battle Fronts and Home Fronts: The War in the East from Stalingrad to Berlin (pages 312–332)

      Kenneth Slepyan

    14. Chapter Twenty

      German Defeat (pages 333–350)

      Dr. Neil Gregor

    15. Chapter Twenty-One

      Southwest Pacific (pages 351–367)

      Mark Roehrs

    16. Chapter Twenty-Two

      The Military Occupations of World War II: A Historiography (pages 368–386)

      Professor Nicholas Evan Sarantakes

    17. Chapter Twenty-Three

      Ending the Pacific War: The New History (pages 387–401)

      Richard B. Frank

  5. Part III: Multinational and Transnational Zones of Combat: Strategy

    1. Chapter Twenty-Four

      Axis Coalition Building (pages 403–414)

      Richard L. DiNardo

    2. Chapter Twenty-Five

      Strategies, Commands, and Tactics, 1939–1941 (pages 415–432)

      Dr. Talbot C. Imlay

    3. Chapter Twenty-Six

      British and American Strategic Planning (pages 433–447)

      Earl J. Catagnus

    4. Chapter Twenty-Seven

      Wartime Conferences (pages 448–461)

      Mark A. Stoler

    5. Chapter Twenty-Eight

      The US War against Japan: A Transnational Perspective (pages 462–476)

      Dr. Akira Iriye

    6. Chapter Twenty-Nine

      World War II and Communication Technologies (pages 477–481)

      James Schwoch

    7. Chapter Thirty

      Of Spies and Stratagems (pages 482–500)

      John Prados

    8. Chapter Thirty-One

      French African Soldiers in World War II (pages 501–515)

      Dr. Raffael Scheck

    9. Chapter Thirty-Two

      Scientists and Nuclear Weapons in World War II: The Background, the Experience, and the Sometimes Contested Meanings and Analyses (pages 516–548)

      Barton J. Bernstein

    10. Chapter Thirty-Three

      Civilians in the Combat Zone: Anglo-American Strategic Bombing (pages 549–567)

      Sean L. Malloy

  6. Part IV: Multinational and Transnational Zones of Combat: Society

    1. Chapter Thirty-Four

      European Societies in Wartime (pages 579–602)

      Isabelle Davion

    2. Chapter Thirty-Five

      Life in Plato's Cave: Neutral Europe in World War II (pages 603–617)

      Neville Wylie

    3. Chapter Thirty-Six

      Resistance in Eastern Europe (pages 618–637)

      Dr. Stephan Lehnstaedt

    4. Chapter Thirty-Seven

      Boomerang Resistance: German Émigrés in the US Army during World War II (pages 638–651)

      Patricia Kollander

    5. Chapter Thirty-Eight

      Beyond Impact: Toward a New Historiography of Africa and World War II (pages 652–665)

      Judith A. Byfield

    6. Chapter Thirty-Nine

      Race, Genocide, and Holocaust (pages 666–684)

      Jochen Böhler

    7. Chapter Forty

      Holocaust and Genocide Today (pages 685–697)

      Yehuda Bauer

    8. Chapter Forty-One

      Environmental Dimensions of World War II (pages 698–716)

      Jacob Darwin Hamblin

    9. Chapter Forty-Two

      The Women of World War II (pages 717–738)

      Dr. D'Ann Campbell

    10. Chapter Forty-Three

      Transnational Civil Rights during World War II (pages 739–753)

      Travis J. Hardy

    11. Chapter Forty-Four

      Global Culture and World War II (pages 754–772)

      M. Todd Bennett

  7. Part V: Homelands

    1. Chapter Forty-Five

      The Balkans in the Origins of World War II (pages 773–791)

      Marietta Stankova

    2. Chapter Forty-Six

      Poland's Military in World War II (pages 792–812)

      Michael Alfred Peszke

    3. Chapter Forty-Seven

      Resistance inside Nazi Germany (pages 813–824)

      Professor Frank McDonough

    4. Chapter Forty-Eight

      Occupied France: The Vichy Regime, Collaboration, and Resistance (pages 825–840)

      Julian Jackson

    5. Chapter Forty-Nine

      The Italian Campaign (pages 841–858)

      Elena Agarossi

    6. Chapter Fifty

      US Foreign Policy, the Grand Alliance, and the Struggle for Indian Independence during the Pacific War (pages 859–874)

      Sarah Ellen Graham

    7. Chapter Fifty-One

      “P” was for Plenty (pages 875–892)

      William H. Miller

    8. Chapter Fifty-Two

      Generating American Combat Power in World War II (pages 893–908)

      Edward G. Miller

    9. Chapter Fifty-Three

      American Anti-Semitism during World War II (pages 909–925)

      Stephen H. Norwood

  8. Part VI: Aftermath and Consequences

    1. Chapter Fifty-Four

      War Crimes in Europe (pages 927–944)

      Dr. Christoph J. M. Safferling

    2. Chapter Fifty-Five

      Anglo-American Postwar Planning (pages 945–961)

      Charlie Whitham

    3. Chapter Fifty-Six

      The Cultural Legacy of World War II in Germany (pages 962–977)

      Susanne Vees-Gulani

    4. Chapter Fifty-Seven

      World War II in Historical Memory (pages 978–998)

      Marc Gallicchio

    5. Chapter Fifty-Eight

      The Place of World War II in Global History (pages 999–1012)

      Gerhard L. Weinberg

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      Index (pages 1013–1030)

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