World War II in Asia and the Pacific and the War's Aftermath, with General Themes - by Loyd E Lee (Hardcover)

About the Book

A companion to World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, this volume reevaluates the most enduring literature on basic aspects of the war in Asia and the Pacific. It also covers themes pertaining to societies at war, culture, the arts, and science and technology as well as international relations and the postwar world. Included are not only grand strategy, military and naval campaigns, and matters of diplomacy, but also resistance, collaboration, prisoners of war, and broad topics of the home front, including chapters on gender issues, film, literature, popular culture, and propaganda. This volume and its companion provide the first comprehensive historiographic reference work on the war.

Each chapter describes the state of knowledge on the topic, relating each bibliographic reference to the chapter's themes and issues, and concludes with a bibliography. Recent original scholarship is included when it aids new understanding, and older works of enduring value also find a place. The essays in this volume will interest scholars and college teachers as well as advanced students and serious amateurs seeking insight into the history of the war and its literature.

Book Synopsis

A companion to World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, this volume reevaluates the most enduring literature on basic aspects of the war in Asia and the Pacific. It also covers themes pertaining to societies at war, culture, the arts, and science and technology as well as international relations and the postwar world. Included are not only grand strategy, military and naval campaigns, and matters of diplomacy, but also resistance, collaboration, prisoners of war, and broad topics of the home front, including chapters on gender issues, film, literature, popular culture, and propaganda. This volume and its companion provide the first comprehensive historiographic reference work on the war.

Each chapter describes the state of knowledge on the topic, relating each bibliographic reference to the chapter's themes and issues, and concludes with a bibliography. Recent original scholarship is included when it aids new understanding, and older works of enduring value also find a place. The essays in this volume will interest scholars and college teachers as well as advanced students and serious amateurs seeking insight into the history of the war and its literature.

Review Quotes

?Any student contemplating postgraduate studies or, for that matter, any established scholar seeking a new area of research on a Second World War topic, is strongly advised to read this book....The value of this book is the way it alerts the reader to a broad sweep of research in studies that are generally well-informed, insightful, and illuminating.?-The Journal of Military History

?Highly recommended for college and research libraries, and for large public libraries.?-Choice

"Highly recommended for college and research libraries, and for large public libraries."-Choice

"Any student contemplating postgraduate studies or, for that matter, any established scholar seeking a new area of research on a Second World War topic, is strongly advised to read this book....The value of this book is the way it alerts the reader to a broad sweep of research in studies that are generally well-informed, insightful, and illuminating."-The Journal of Military History

About the Author

LOYD E. LEE is Professor of History and Chair of the department at the State University of New York, the College at New Paltz. Most recently, he was the author of The War Years: A Global History of the Second World War (1989), and editor of World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, with General Sources: A Handbook of Literature and Research (Greenwood, 1997).