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A broadly interdisciplinary work, this handbook discusses the best and most enduring literature related to the major topics and themes of World War II. Military historiography is treated in essays on the major theaters of military operations and the related themes of logistics and intelligence, while political and diplomatic history is covered in chapters on international relations, resistance movements, and collaboration. The volume analyzes themes of domestic history in essays on economic mobilization, the home fronts, and women in the military and civilian life. The book also covers the Holocaust.
This handbook approaches each topic from a global viewpoint rather than focusing on individual national communities. Except for nonprint material, the literature, research, and sources surveyed are primarily those available in English. The volume is aimed at both experts on the war and the general academic community and will also be useful to students and serious laymen interested in the war.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction by Loyd E. Lee
General Histories and the International BackgroundGeneral Histories of the War in Europe and the Pacific by Donald G. Schilling
The Origins of the War in Europe by Robert J. Caputi
Research Aids, Sources, and BibliographiesReference Works: Bibliographies, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Atlases, and Chronologies by Eugene L. Rasor and Loyd E. Lee
Primary Published Sources and Published Documents by Eugene L. Rasor and Loyd E. Lee
World War II Battlefields and Museums by Stephen T. Powers
Personal Narratives of War Leaders by Loyd E. Lee
Personal Narratives of Sailors, Soldiers, and Civilians by Loyd E. Lee
The European and Mediterranean-North Africa Theaters of the WarThe German Onslaught, 1939-1940 by Jonathan M. House
North Africa and the Mediterranean Theater, 1939-1945 by James J. Sadkovich
The Soviet-German War, 1941-1945 by David M. Glantz
The Battle of the Atlantic by Marc Milner
Grand Strategy and the "Second Front" Debate by Brian P. Farrell
Anglo-American Strategy and Command in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945 by D.K.R. Crosswell
The Anglo-American Bombing Campaign in Europe by Peter R. Faber
British and American Logistics by Kevin Smith
The War Behind the LinesIntelligence: Code Breaking, Espionage, Deception, and Special Operations by Major John M. Shaw
German Occupation of Europe, the Axis "New Order," and Collaboration by Gerhard Hirschfeld
Resistance Movements in Europe by Bob Moore
Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees: The European and Mediterranean Theaters by S. P. Mackenzie
The Holocaust by Richard Libowitz
War and Society in Europe and the English- Speaking WorldComparative Economic Mobilization in World War II by Geofrey T. Mills
The War and Social Change in Allied Lands, Occupied Europe, and the English-Speaking World by Loyd E. Lee
Women in World War II by Greta Bucher
Refugees, Displaced Persons, and Migration as a Consequence of World War II by Otto B. Burianek
The Domestic Impact of War and Occupation on Germany by Loyd E. Lee
The Colonial Heritage and the WarWorld War II and Latin America by Errol D. Jones
World War II and the Middle East by John M. Vander Lippe
The War and the British Commonwealth by Ritchie Ovendale
Sub-Saharan Africa by Thomas Ofcansky
Author Index
Subject Index
About the Editor and Contributors
About the author
LOYD E. LEE is Professor of History and Chair of the department at the State University of New York, College at New Paltz. He is the editor of
World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources: A Handbook of Literature and Research (Greenwood, 1997), and the author of
The War Years: A Global History of the Second World War (1989),
The Politics of Harmony: Civil Service, Liberalism, and Social Reform in Baden, 1800-1850 (1980), and other publications on German and global history.
