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| Preface to the Second Edition |
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xi | |
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To Pearl Harbor: The United States and World Crisis |
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1 | (19) |
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The Arsenal of Democracy: The War in Europe |
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3 | (5) |
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``Not Enough Ships'': The Effort to Restrain Japan |
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8 | (12) |
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Allied Defeats and the Axis Ascendancy, 1941--1942 |
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20 | (17) |
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The Nazi Empire at Its Peak |
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20 | (4) |
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Japan's Imperial Conquests |
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24 | (1) |
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Defeat and Surrender in the Philippines |
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25 | (8) |
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Popular Perceptions and Expectations |
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33 | (4) |
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The War in Europe: The Turn of the Tide |
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37 | (21) |
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39 | (1) |
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The North African Invasion |
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40 | (5) |
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The Eastern Front: The Russian Victory at Stalingrad |
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45 | (3) |
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The Battle of the Atlantic |
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48 | (2) |
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The Air War: The Bombing of Germany |
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50 | (3) |
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The Cross-Channel Invasion: D-Day |
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53 | (5) |
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The Pacific Theater: The War Against Japan, 1942--1945 |
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58 | (28) |
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``Our War'': Characteristics and Popular Perceptions |
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60 | (4) |
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Midway: The End of Japan's Naval Invincibility |
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64 | (4) |
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Guadalcanal: The First Offensive |
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68 | (3) |
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The Island Campaign, 1943--1944 |
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71 | (7) |
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78 | (5) |
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Japan 1945: The Refusal to Surrender |
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83 | (3) |
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The Diplomatic Front---Roosevelt's Vision of the Postwar World |
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86 | (22) |
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90 | (3) |
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Soviet-American Cooperation |
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93 | (5) |
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China's International Status |
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98 | (4) |
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102 | (6) |
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108 | (32) |
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Victory in Europe and the Extent of Nazi Tyranny |
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109 | (3) |
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``The Greatest Thing in History'': The Atomic Bomb and Japan's Surrender |
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112 | (2) |
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki: The Lingering Questions |
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114 | (7) |
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A People Victorious: America at the End of the War |
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121 | (19) |
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Conclusion: Why the Allies Won |
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123 | (17) |
| Bibliographical Essay |
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140 | (23) |
| Index |
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