Author: Pennsylvania. Council of National DefensePublisher:
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Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages :
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Outline of the War Time Activities
Author: Pennsylvania. Council of National DefensePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1914-1918
Languages : en
Pages :
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World War II
Author: Arthur Dene StevensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
On War
Author: Carl von ClausewitzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A Summary of Wartime Activities
Author: An Outline of the Wartime Activities of the Pennsylvania Council of National Defense
Author: Pennsylvania Council of National DefensPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781342100191
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
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An Outline of the Wartime Activities of the Pennsylvania Council of National Defense
Author: Pennsylvania Council of National DefensePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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World War I for Kids
Author: R. Kent RasmussenPublisher: Chicago Review Press
ISBN: 1613745591
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
One hundred years after the start of the “Great War,” World War I for Kids provides an intriguing and comprehensive look at this defining conflict that involved all of the world's superpowers. Why and how did the war come about? What was daily life like for soldiers in the trenches? What roles did zeppelins, barbed wire, and the passenger ship Lusitania play in the war? Who were Kaiser Wilhelm, the Red Baron, and Edith Cavell? Young history buffs will learn the answers these questions and many others, including why the western front bogged down into a long stalemate; how the war ushered in an era of rapid military, technological, and societal advances; and how the United States' entry helped end the war. Far from a dry catalog of names, dates, and battles, this richly illustrated book goes in depth into such fascinating topics as turn-of-the-20th-century weaponry and the important roles animals played in the war, and explains connections among events and how the war changed the course of history. Hands-on activities illuminate both the war and the times. Kids can: &· Make a periscope &· Teach a dog to carry messages &· Make a parachute &· Learn a popular World War I song &· Cook Maconochie Stew &· And much more
An Outline of the Wartime Activities of the Pennsylvania Council of National Defense (Classic Reprint)
Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780260841100
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
Excerpt from An Outline of the Wartime Activities of the Pennsylvania Council of National Defense Major divisions directing activities were Administration, which included Departments of Finance, Publicity, Legislation and Legal Advisory Department; Relief, including Departments Of Medicine, Sanitation and Hospitals, and Civic Relief; Equipment and Supplies, with Departments of Food Supply, Construction and Materials, and Highways Transport Committee; Service, with Departments of Civilian Service and Labor, Military Service, Naval Service, and Volunteer Home Defense Police; and Division Of Transportation, with Departments of Railroads, Electric Railways and Motors, and Highways and Waterways. The Council, therefore, had a working scope covering practically every field Of useful endeavor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Nigeria and World War II
Author: Chima J. KoriehPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108425801
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
A sophisticated history of colonial interactions in Nigeria during World War II drawing on hitherto unexplored archival resources.
War at the Margins
Author: Lin PoyerPublisher: University of Hawaii Press
ISBN: 0824891813
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
War at the Margins offers a broad comparative view of the impact of World War II on Indigenous societies. Using historical and ethnographic sources, Lin Poyer examines how Indigenous communities emerged from the trauma of the wartime era with social forms and cultural ideas that laid the foundations for their twenty-first-century emergence as players on the world’s political stage. With a focus on Indigenous voices and agency, a global overview reveals the enormous range of wartime activities and impacts on these groups, connecting this work with comparative history, Indigenous studies, and anthropology. The distinctiveness of Indigenous peoples offers a valuable perspective on World War II, as those on the margins of Allied and Axis empires and nation-states were drawn in as soldiers, scouts, guides, laborers, and victims. Questions of loyalty and citizenship shaped Indigenous combat roles—from integration in national armies to service in separate ethnic units to unofficial use of their special skills, where local knowledge tilted the balance in military outcomes. Front lines crossed Indigenous territory most consequentially in northern Europe, Southeast Asia, and the Pacific Islands, but the impacts of war go well beyond combat. Like others around the world, Indigenous civilian men and women suffered bombing and invasion, displacement, forced labor, military occupation, and economic and social disruption. Infrastructure construction and demand for key resources affected even areas far from front lines. World War II dissolved empires and laid the foundation for the postcolonial world. Indigenous people in newly independent nations struggled for autonomy, while other veterans returned to home fronts still steeped in racism. National governments saw military service as evidence that Indigenous peoples wished to assimilate, but wartime experiences confirmed many communities’ commitment to their home cultures and opened new avenues for activism. By century’s end, Indigenous Rights became an international political force, offering alternative visions of how the global order might make room for greater local self-determination and cultural diversity. In examining this transformative era, War at the Margins adds an important contribution to both World War II history and to the development of global Indigenous identity.