The emotional toll of war can be as debilitating to soldiers as hunger, disease, and injury. Beginning in World War I, in an effort to boost soldiers' morale and remind them of the stakes of victory, the American military formalized a recreation program that sent respectable young women and famous entertainers overseas. Kara Dixon Vuic builds her narrative around the young women from across the United ...

Provides a history of racial integration in all branches of the U.S. armed forces, from Truman's Executive Order 9981 in 1948 through the Vietnam war. Reveals "the intense political conflict at the time and the strenuous opposition to racial integration."--Jacket. "A RAND book." xiii, 393 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.

"Chileng Pa vividly recalls life under the Cambodian Communists. In April of 1977, Chileng was forced to watch as Communist guerillas brutally murdered his wife and two-year-old son. With nothing left for him in Prayap Chileng fled to Vietnam. In 1980, Chileng and his new family found their way to America"--Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-223) and index. ix, 230 ...

First edition. xix, 218 pages ; 22 cm

Martha Gellhorn was a war correspondent for nearly fifty years. From the Spanish Civil War in 1937 through the wars in Central America in the mid-eighties, her reports reflected her feelings for people no matter what their political ideologies, and the openness and vulnerability of her conscience. "I wrote very fast, as I had to," she says, "afraid that I would forget the exact sound, smell, words, ...

How do societies remember, or forget, the wartime atrocities their soldiers and citizens may have committed? Offering a comparative insight, this book includes original essays on the United States in Vietnam and Korea, the Japanese in China, and the Germans during the Second World War. Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-323) and index. xxxiv, 344 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

"The 82nd Airborne Division has seen some of the American Army's most elite soldiers pass through its ranks. The history of the glorious division has been forged by thousands of anonymous paratroopers, always prepared to jump in extreme situations and to accomplish their objective on the ground, whatever the conditions. From the trenches of the Somme ( World War I) to the Iraqi desert (2nd Gulf War), ...

Walter Rauscher (July 9, 1919 – December 1974) was born in Ošelín, Czechoslovakia to Oskar and Clementine (Schnurmacher) Rauscher. The family owned a general store in town and lived in the quarters above it. Oskar died in June 1936, leaving the business to his wife. Walter’s uncle, Leo Schnurmacher, was the Honorary Consul of Czechoslovakia in Manila, Philippines. In 1938, Leo connected Walter, who ...

"From the "taming of the West" to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart of American politics. What kind of history Americans should read, see, or fund is no longer merely a matter of professional interest to teachers, historians, and museum curators. Everywhere now, history is increasingly being held hostage, but to what end and ...

In the global race for growth, the Asia-Pacific region is emerging as the front runner. This study provides a comprehensive history of today's East Asia, tracing the essential stages in the rise of the region, from its birth under colonial rule to the post-Cold War period. The New Asian Renaissance recounts the evolution of China, Japan, North & South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Burma, the Philippines, ...

This collection of studies, based on an international conference at the University of Kent--the leading academic institution in the field of Media and Propaganda Studies--by leading academics specializing in disciplines ranging from military history to political science, with journalists, the military and civil service experience, is a unique cross-fertilization between academics and media professionals. ...

"In September 1945, after the fall of the atomic bomb -- and with it, the Japanese empire -- Asia was dominated by the British. Governing a vast crescent of land that stretched from India through Burma and down to Singapore, and with troops occupying the French and Dutch colonies in southern Vietnam and Indonesia, Britain's imperial might had never seemed stronger. Yet within a few violent years, British ...

Alex Kozlowski was born Olec Scheidt, around the year 1932, in Lwow, Poland (L'viv, Ukraine), to Arnold and Regina Scheidt. His mother, who earned income from an apartment building that her father gave her, and his father, a tavern-owner, separated when Olec was young. In November 1941, several months after the German forces occupied the area around Lwow, Olec, his mother, and aunt Zosia were forced, ...

Archief 449: Aartsbisdom Utrecht > Stukken van bijzondere aard > Stukken betreffende buitenlandse bisdommen, 1854-1967 > China, 1893-1966 India, 1897-1967 Indonesië, 1903-1967 Iran, 1958-1959 Israël, 1922-1957 Japan, 1953-1966 Korea, 1950-1961 Libanon, 1896-1967 Nieuw Guinea, 1959-1966 Pakistan, 1947-1967 Syrië, 1860-1969 Turkije, 1919-1961 Vietnam, 1955-1961 Australië, 1951-1966

Bestandsbeschreibung Enthalten sind v. a. Unterlagen der Aktion Demokratischer Fortschritt (ADF), einer am 07.12.1968 in Frankfurt/Main gebildeten Wahlpartei, der sich neben der DKP die Deutsche Friedensunion (DFU), die Deutsche Jugendgemeinschaft (DJG), die Sozialistische Deutschen Arbeiterjugend (SDAJ) und weitere Organisationen anschlossen. Außerdem liegen u. a. Materialien der DFU, des Vietnam-Komitees, ...

Roman Karmen was born in 1906 in Odessa. He enrolled in the Gerasimov Institute for of Cinematography in Moscow in 1929. Throughout the 1930s, Karmen worked at the Central Studio of Documentary Film and as a correspondent for Soviet newspapers. He covered the Civil War in Spain in 1936-39. During World War II, Karmen was present on the front lines, documenting the Leningrad blockade, the surrender ...

Subject: Introduction / Ronald Inglehart. - Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the 'Clash of Civilizations' Thesis / Pippa Norriss and Ronald Inglehart. - Is there an Islamic Civilization? / Yilmaz Esmer. - The Worldviews of Islamic Publics: The Cases of Egypt, Iran and Jordan / Mansoor Moaddel and Taqhi Azadarmaki. - Gender Equality and Democracy / Ronald Inglehart, Pippa Norris and Christian ...

"Why do powerful intervening militaries have such difficulty managing seemingly weak local partners in counterinsurgency wars? Set within the context of costly, large-scale military interventions such as the U.S. war in Afghanistan, this book explains under what conditions local allies, such as the U.S.-allied regime in Kabul, comply with (or defy) the policy demands of larger security partners. Analyzing ...

"This volume is a history of the way in which war has transformed modern society and a political analysis of the ways in which wars have been waged. Professor Kolko takes a long view of the 20th century, focusing on World Wars I and II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, to show the degree to which leaders and generals have consistently misunderstood the battles on which they embarked. Kolko argues ...

America's quagmire in Vietnam, France's preoccupation with overseas empire, Japan's attack on the United States, Germany's aggression in Europe, Britain's appeasement of Hitler - what motivated these bouts of self-defeating behavior? According to Charles A. Kupchan, all of these episodes are rooted in a common strategic logic. Building on extensive archival research, Kupchan offers a bold new explanation ...

Bereik en inhoud Op 16 mei 1945, een ruime week na de capitulatie van de Duitse bezettingsmacht, verscheen in de voormalige verzetskrant Trouw, speciale uitgave voor Alkmaar en omstreken een opmerkelijke annonce van de stadsarchivaris Th.P.H. Wortel. In dit bericht onder het kopje "WIE HELPT MEE?" verzocht Wortel de Alkmaarse bevolking om bewaard gebleven illegale bladen, bulletins, circulaires en ...