20th Century Europe Research Guide

Comprises 38 essays by leading scholars providing extensive coverage spanning the pre-war period, the military conflict, social, economic, political, and cultural developments, and the war's legacy Offers original perspectives on themes as diverse as strategy and tactics, war crimes, science and technology, and the arts.

The Encyclopedia of Eastern Europe explores the history of Eastern European countries from Congress of Vienna to the Fall of Communism (roughly 1800s-1900s). Includes entries on countries, major political and cultural figures, and political organizations and movements.

This volume examines World War II, its causes, conduct, and aftermath. It considers the politics that shaped the involvement of the major combatants; military leadership and the characteristics of major Allied and Axis armed services; the weaponry that resulted in the war's unprecedented destruction, as well as debates over the use of these weapons; the roles of resistance groups and underground fighters; war crimes; daily life during wartime; the uses of propaganda; and much more. Includes excerpts from contemporary letters, journals, pamphlets, and other documents, as well as first-person accounts recorded by the Library of Congress Veterans History Project.

Over 140 distinguished and internationally renowned contributors have written over 1750 entries covering the very wide-ranging topics that make up the single subject of World War II. Entries include:surveys of major countries (including sections in each about domestic life, culture, economics, government, resistance, and defence); colonial possessions and less major players; military campaigns, battles, and operations; types of warfare; wartime leaders; politics and strategy; design, development and use of machines and weapons; organisations associated with the war; and popular slogans and phrases.