American Combat Soldiers in Europe during World War II
Draws on WWII soldiers' diaries, letters, poems, and songs to show how the brutality of battle profoundly darkened the soldiers' perceptions of the Old World. Harrowing experiences of the GIs convinced them that Europe's collapse was not only the result of war, but also the Old World's deep-seated
American Combat Soldiers in Europe During World War II
In the ruined Europe of World War II, American soldiers on the front lines had no eye for breathtaking vistas or romantic settings. The brutality of battle profoundly darkened their perceptions of the Old World. As the only means of international travel for the masses, the military exposed millions of Americans to a Europe in swift, catastrophic ......
The campaign for the restitution of Jewish property stolen during the Holocaust has led to more than 40 European commissions set up to ascertain how the property was dealt with after the war ended. This book examines the major cases concerning restitution, covering issues such as Nazi gold.
Comparing the European Union's strict regulation of state aid to business with the virtually unregulated investment competition in the United States and Canada, this title documents Europe's relative success in controlling - and decreasing - subsidies to business, even while they rise in the United States.
The suggestions featured in this report seek to intensify a broader and more comprehensive transatlantic partnership. The most important departure from present US policy is the report's emphasis on drawing Europe much further into a global strategic partnership with the United States.
Before World War II an intimate connection between the ideas of Europe and romantic love was widely accepted and virtually unchallenged. Only after Europe was ravaged by war and fractured by superpower conflict was this connection called into question. Today, with the success of the European Union, such themes are reemerging in art, literature, ......
Clement Leibovitz and Alvin Finkel challenge the familiar understanding of Munich as the product of a naive "appeasement" of Nazi appetites. They argue that it was the culmination of cynical collaboration between the Tory government and the Nazis in the 1930s.
Chronicling the last five months of Hitler's Thousand Year Reich from the viewpoints of those who were there, a detailed narrative draws on interviews, letters, and eyewitness accounts of Allied and Axis soldiers and citizens.
