The Politics of Dead Bodies in Germany at the End of World War II
This study examines how the US military forced German civilians to witness Nazi atrocity sites, publicly carry and display the victims' dead bodies, and perform ritualized reburials. The author argues that these forced confrontations represented the politicization of dead bodies to indicate the collective guilt of German civilians.
Presents a behind the scenes look at 50 years of US diplomacy. From Vietnam in the 1960s to the Afghanistan of this decade, James Dobbins takes the reader behind the scenes at the Vietnam peace talks, the darkest dates of the Cold War, the reunification of Germany, the collapse of the Soviet Union and the US military interventions in Afghanistan, ......
In War Stories - a jumbo book of great stories about the military and war - editor Lamar Underwood has pulled together the finest writings about war-fighting that capture readers' imaginations. It includes legendary tales from the French and Indian Wars, the Civil War, the Great War, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and Iraq - more than 250 years of warfare ......
When the First World War ended British troops crossed the Rhine into Germany and entered a country torn by violence and unrest where revolution threatened and civil war seemed more likely every day. There was also a threat of the war resuming if Germany refused to accept allied terms. The British forces were plunged into the turmoil of a ......
A Global History of Amphibious and Airborne Warfare
This compelling book provides the first broad history of the evolution of combined operations since antiquity. Leading scholar Jeremy Black provides a balanced assessment of strategic, operational, and technical developments over time, considering both the potential and limitations of amphibious and airborne warfare-past, present, and future.
This book reveals a hidden plot by FDR to join the European war through pressuring Japan into war, and the role played by the Soviet Union in promoting wars among capitalist countries. World War II changed the balance of countries in the world, with many European colonies gaining liberation at Japan's expense.
The 30th Division: The Top-Rated American Infantry Division in Europe
The vividly detailed story of how the U.S. 30th Infantry Division-from the hill country of Tennessee and the Carolinas and nicknamed "Old Hickory" after Andrew Jackson-cemented its reputation as the best American infantry division of WW II with hard fighting in every major U.S. campaign in the European theater, from Normandy to Germany's ......
Developed for the Vietnam War (and made famous by the 2004 presidential campaign), Swift Boats were versatile craft "big enough to outrun anything they couldn't outfight" but too small to handle a moderate ocean chop, too loud to be stealthy, and too flimsy to withstand rocket attack. This is an intimate, exciting history of Swift Boats in ......
Fate of a Hubal Soldier in Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and Postwar England
This study examines the experience of a Polish soldier and partisan hero, Roman Rodziewicz. Rodziewicz's life takes the reader from Manchuria to Poland, enlistment in the Polish army, service with the famous partisan leader Major Hubal, capture and torture by the Germans, and imprisonment first at Auschwitz and then Buchenwald.
