James Gilbert Ryan, Leonard C Schlup

Historical Dictionary of the 1940s (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Offering readers a ready-reference portrait of one of the twentieth century's most tumultuous decades, this is a historical dictionary devoted exclusively to the 1940. In nearly 600 concise entries, the volume defines a historical figure, institution, or event, and then points readers to three sources that treat the subject in depth.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 648
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317468646
• Artikelnr.: 42554580

Autorenporträt

James G. Ryan, Leonard Schlup

Inhaltsangabe

Part, Appendices
Chapter The Dictionary
Chapter Chronology
Chapter Wendell L. Willkie's Acceptance Speech
Chapter Joseph Stalin's Broadcast to the Peoples of the Soviet Union
Chapter Japanese Foreign Minister Togo Shigenori's Address to the Imperial Diet
Chapter President Franklin D. Roosevelt's War Message to Congress
Chapter Adolf Hitler's Declaration of War Against the United States
Chapter Benito Mussolini's War Statement
Chapter Ernie Pyle, from Here Is Your War
Chapter Wendell L. Willkie, from One World
Chapter Text of the Yalta Conference Agreement
Chapter President Harry Truman's Announcement of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
Chapter Justice Robert H. Jackson's Opening Speech for the Prosecution at the Nuremberg Trials
Chapter Winston Churchill and the Iron Curtain Address
Chapter President Harry Truman on the Truman Doctrine
Chapter George C. Marshall on the Marshall Plan
Chapter President Harry Truman's Inaugural Address
Chapter Judge Learned Hand on the Spirit of Liberty
Chapter Eleanor Roosevelt on the Struggle for Human Rights
Chapter American Historical Association Presidential Addresses
Chapter Selected General Bibliography
Chapter About the Contributors
Chapter Guide to Contributors' Entries