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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAfter the War Ends Pannekoek, Anton Article 1917 When the soldiers return to their homes, new misery and new want are grinning at them. Awful as have been the sufferings that war has brought, in one respect the lot of the proletarians is still worse... Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century 1914 - 1991  Hobsbawm, Eric Book 1994 A overview of the history of the years 1914 - 1991. American Power and the New Mandarins Chomsky, Noam Book 1969 Chomsky writes about American power and violence, especially in the context of the Vietnam war, and he focuses especially on the complicity of American intellectuals in supporting and enabling the Ame... Answers to a Questionnaire on the War: Published in Left, No. 62, November 1941. Orwell, George Article 1941 An Army of Amateurs: The Story of the SOE Resistance Movement in France Vomecourt, Philippe de Book 1961 A first-hand account of the resistance in Nazi-occupied France. A Bend in the Labyrinth - Book Review: Against The Current vol. 160 Wald, Alan Article 2012 Book review of 'The Century’s Midnight: Dissenting European and American Writers in the Era of the Second World War' by Clive Bush. Blood and Belonging: Journey into the New Nationalism Ignatieff, Michael Book 1993 Essays on nationalism in Serbia, Croatia, Germany, Ukraine, Quebec, Kurdistan, and Northern Ireland. Connexions: Volume 5, Number 5 - January 1981 - Militarism/Militarisme Serial Publication (Periodical) 1981 Did Roosevelt know in advance about the attack on Pearl Harbor yet say nothing? Article 2001 Examining another popular conspiracy theory. Dr Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel Minear, Richard H. Book 2000 Dutch resistance: Connexipedia Article Article Dutch resistance to the Nazi occupation during World War II. Eichmann in Jerusalem: A report on the banality of evil Arendt, Hannah Book 1963 Hannah Arendt's report on the trial of Adolph Eichmann. Failure of a Dream?: Essays in the History of American Socialism Laslettt, John H. M.; Lipset, Seymour Martin Book 1974 Examines the reasons for the relative weakness of American socialism. February strike (The Netherlands): Connexipedia Article Article A general strike organized during World War II in The Netherlands against the anti-Jewish measures and activities by the Nazis. German resistance: Connexipedia Article Article The opposition by individuals and groups in Nazi Germany to the regime of Adolf Hitler between 1933 and 1945. The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It Ehrlich, Judith Film/Video Men who took the unpopular position of pacifism in the face of World War II. The Good War, Revisited: The Bombing of Pearl Harbor: What FDR Knew Cockburn, Alexander; St. Clair, Jeffrey Article 2013 Each Pearl Harbor day offers a fresh opportunity for those who correctly believe that Franklin Roosevelt knew of an impending attack by the Japanese and welcomed it as a way of snookering the isolatio... Greek Resistance: Connexipedia Article Article The term for a number of armed and unarmed groups from across the political spectrum that resisted the Axis Occupation of Greece in the period 1941-1944 during the Second World War. The Green Trees Beyond: A Memoir Lawrence, R. D. Book 1994 R.D. Lawrence, a self-taught biologist whose first years of life coincided with the Spanish civil war, and who later became a noted as well as self-taught Canadian biologist. The History of the German Resistance 1933-1945: Widerstand, Staatsstreich, Attentat Hoffman, Peter Book 1969 A thorough portrayal of the plans, hesitations, frustrations, and failures of the opposition to Hitler. The Holocaust Chronicle: A History in Words and Pictures Book 2003 A chronological account of the genocide of European Jews at the hands of the Nazis. I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years 1933-1941 Klemperer, Victor Book 1998 These diaries, written in secrecy, provide a vivid account of everyday life in Hitler's Germany. Although he was baptized a Protestant, Klemperer was still considered a Jew by the regime and saw his f... IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance Between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation Black, Edwin Book 2001 Nazi Germany employed IBM Hollerith punch-card machines to perform critical tasks in carrying out the Holocaust and the German war effort, cranking out lists of Jews which were then turned over to th... Luxembourgian general strike 1942: Connexipedia Article Article A pacific resistance movement organised within a short time period to protest against a directive that incorporated the Luxembourg youth into the Wehrmacht. A Marxist History of the World part 87: The Causes of the Second World War Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 As Hitler sought to expand Germany's sphere of influence in Europe, Britain's policy of appeasement reflected the interests of the British ruling classes – until German power became overwhelming. A Marxist History of the World part 88: The Second World War Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 With the great powers fighting to defend their empires, the Second World War would re-divide the world between competing blocs of capitalists. A Marxist History of the World part 89: 1941-1945: barbarism in a world gone mad Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 The Second World War was characterised by primeval savagery. Nazi Germany, Stalinist Russia and Militarist Japan waged war with unprecedented brutality, but the ‘democracies’ also committed terrible w... A Marxist History of the World part 90: The Second World War: resistance Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 Large parts of Occupied Europe were liberated by local resistance movements. But the potential for a revolutionary transformation was smothered at birth. A Marxist History of the World part 92: The Great Boom Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 In the first three decades after the war, the world economy experienced unprecedented growth rates and falling unemployment. But the boom rested on unstable foundations. A Marxist History of the World part 94: End of Empire? Faulkner, Neil Article 2012 In spite of the imperialist powers' attempts to cling on to their colonies, formal empire was finished by the late 1970s. But this was not the end of imperialism. Never Be A Soldier Debs, Eugene Victor Article 1998 [This classic, written in 1915, was one of numerous leaflets by Socialist Party leader Debs opposing World War I. His opponents sent co pies of this and other antiwar statements by Debs to the U.S. At... Norwegian resistance movement: Connexipedia Article Article Resistance to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. On the Backgrounds of the Pacific War Chomsky, Noam Article 1967 This essay touches on several questions: on Muste's revolutionary pacifism and his interpretation of it in connection with the Second World War; on the backgrounds of Japan's imperial ventures; on the... Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice Zinn, Howard Book 1990 Essays looking at American political ideology. A People's History of the World: From the Stone Age to the New Millennium Harman, Chris Book 1999 Harman describes the shape and course of human history as a narrative of ordinary people forming and re-forming complex societies in pursuit of common human goals. Pilecki, Witold: Connexipedia Article Article A member of the Polish resistance and the only known person to volunteer to be imprisoned at Auschwitz concentration camp. (1901-1948). Rescue of the Danish Jews: Connexipedia Article Article When Hitler ordered that Danish Jews be arrested and deported on 1-2 October 1943, many Danes took part in a collective effort to evacuate the roughly 8,000 Jews of Denmark by sea to nearby neutral Sw... Resistance in Europe: 1939 - 45 Hawes, Stephen; White, Ralph; (eds) Book 1975 Essays on the resistance against Hitler during World War II. Revolutionary Nonviolence: Essays by Dave Dellinger Dellinger, Dave Book 1970 Dellinger says that "those of us who oppose the violence of the status quo and reject the violence of armed revolt and class hatred bear a heavy responsibility to struggle existentially to provdew non... Sisters in the Resistance: The Women's War to Free France Collins Weitz, Margaret Book 1995 Weitz documented accounts of 70 women involved in the Resistance. Sousa Mendes, Aristides de: Connexipedia Article Article Portuguese diplomat who ignored and defied the orders of his own government for the safety of war refugees fleeing from invading German military forces in the early years of World War II. (1885-1954). Towards a New Cold War: Essays on the Current Crisis and How We Got There Chomsky, Noam Book 1982 A sobering assessment of American foreign policy from the end of the Vietnam era to Ronald Reagan. Two in one?: A review of Donny Gluckstein, A People's History of the Second World War: Resistance Versus Empire (Pluto, 2012) Bolaris, Leandros Article 2013 The Second World War was and still is the example of the “good war”, a war that put an end to Auschwitz, a war fought not only by regular armies but also by mass movements of anti-fascist resistance. War from above, resistance from below Holborow, Marnie Article 2016 A review of Donny Gluckstein (ed), Fighting on all Fronts: Popular Resistance and the Second World War. As Donny Gluckstein points out in the introduction to this book, understanding the nature of the... What is Lost in Poles' Memories Trukhachev, Vadim Article 2015 Trukhachev reflects on Polish attempts to re-write the history of the Second World War. Working Class Experience: Rethinking the History of Canadian Labour, 1800-1991 Palmer, Bryan D. Book 1983 From nineteenth-century tavern life to late twentieth-century cinema, from rough canallers and the first stirrings of craft unionism to contemporary public-sector strikes, this books provides a sweepi... The World Without Us Weisman, Alan Book 2007 A thought experiment to see what would happen to the planet if human beings simply disappeared.
Year 501: The Conquest Continues Chomsky, Noam Book 1993 An examination of the U.S. role in the world placed in the long historical perspective of the 500 years that followed the voyages of Columbus. Yugoslav Partisans: Connexipedia Article Article A Communist-led World War II resistance movement engaged in the fight against Axis forces and their collaborators in Yugoslavia from 1941-1945. Zwiazek Organizacji Wojskowej: Connexipedia Article Article An underground resistance organization formed by Witold Pilecki at Auschwitz concentration camp in 1940. Sources Experts & SpokespersonsSources LibraryJörg Friedrich Jörg Friedrich is a Berlin-based author of books on history commonly described as an "independent German Historian". Friedrich is best known for his publication Der Brand (2002) in which he portrays t... The Holocaust The Fate of European Jewry, 1932-1945 Yahail, Leni 1990 An comprehensive history of Hitler's war on the Jews of Europe. Mussolini Hibbert, Christopher 1972 War Leader Book No. 13 in Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century
... 1,418 days of WWII viewed through lens of legendary Soviet photographer 2017 Profile of Soviet photographer Yevgeny Khaldei and a sample of his photographs captured during WWII. Operation Source Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Operation Source was a series of attacks to neutralise the heavy German warships - Tirpitz, Scharnhorst and Lutzow - based in Northern Norway, using X-class midget submarines. The attacks took place i... Operation Valkyrie Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia Operation Valkyrie was an emergency continuity of government operations plan developed in Nazi Germany for the Territorial Reserve Army of Germany to execute and implement in case of a general breakdo... The Oxford History of Modern War Townshend, Charles 1997 The book is a military history, principally from the defeat of the Ottoman besiegers of Vienna in 1683. The Patricias: A Century of Service Bercuson, David, J. 2013 There have been many books that have examined the various regiments of the Canadian Forces. But few have been written with the depth of expertise and wealth of imagery seen in The Patricias: A Century... Through Blood & Sweat A Remembrance Trek across Sicilly's World War II Battlegrounds Zuehkle, Mark 2015 |
