Title: A Companion to World War II - eBook
By: Thomas W. Zeiler(Ed.) & Daniel M. DuBois(Ed.)
Format: DRM Protected ePub
Vendor: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2012

ISBN: 9781118325056
ISBN-13: 9781118325056
Series: Blackwell Companions to World History
Stock No: WW38437EB

Publisher's Description

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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

Author Bio

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Thomas W. Zeiler is Professor of History and International Affairs at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The editor of the journal Diplomatic History and former president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations, he is the author of Unconditional Defeat: Japan, America, and the End of World War II (2004), Ambassadors in Pinstripes: The Spalding World Baseball Tour and the Birth of the American Empire (2006), American Foreign Relations since 1600: A Guide to the Literature, Third Edition (2007), and Annihilation: A Global Military History of World War II (2010).

Daniel M. DuBois is a doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is the assistant editor of the journal Diplomatic History.

Editorial Reviews

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“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 performed 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)