Description:
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
Review Quotes:
"Even so, this is a minor quibble. Zeiler, an expert on Japanese American relations and World War II, and DuBois, a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado-Boulder, have per-formed a real service for the field and are to be commended for their work." (The Journal of American History, 1 March 2014)
"This would be an essential purchase for academic and special libraries with large humanities collections." (Reference Reviews, 1 November 2013)
"There is no doubt that, taken as a whole, the Companion is full of first-class, historiographical and bibliographical information and insights. . . Accordingly one can unreservedly recommend it to all University and Departmental libraries as a reliable work of reference on the state of research into the Second World War." (Cercles, 1 December 2013)
"This companion is destined to become a valuable contribution to the historiography of the war, and should find a welcome home in either the reference or general collection of any academic library. Summing Up. Essential. All academic levels/libraries." (Choice, 1 September 2013)