World War II
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From ![]() NEW! MS St. LouisFrom: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis |
This chapter explores the case of the MS St. Louis, a ship carrying over 900 Jewish refugees which was turned away from Canada. it illustrates this with firsthand accounts, photographs, and documents. | Rona Arato | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
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From ![]() MS St. LouisFrom: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis |
This chapter explores the case of the MS St. Louis, a ship carrying over 900 Jewish refugees which was turned away from Canada. it illustrates this with firsthand accounts, photographs, and documents. | Rona Arato | 16 | 2021 | $1.60 Add |
![]() Mussolini Also Did A Lot of GoodThe Spread of Historical Amnesia |
Surgically, but with wit, Francesco Filippi demolishes each and every myth that has taken root about Mussolini and fascism in an uplifting handbook for political and intellectual self-defense. No … | Francesco Filippi | 216 | 2021 | View |
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From ![]() Mussolini the BuilderDid the Duce give all Italians a home to live in? |
This chapter examines the dangerous association of the right to a home with Fascism in Italy, which the author calls one of the most effective and impactful posthumous propagandist operations for … | Francesco Filippi | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Mussolini the Champion of Land ReclamationDid the Duce drain the marshes? |
This chapter looks at the supposed success of Mussolini’s fascists in the area of bonifica, or land reclamation, exploring the actual results and data resulting from their efforts. It also … | Francesco Filippi | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From ![]() Mussolini the Condottiere and StatesmanWas the Duce a great leader? |
This chapter looks at Mussolini as a leader and soldier, and looks at the not-so-glorious reality of Fascist Italy’s military achievements. It discusses Italy’s colonial aspirations … | Francesco Filippi | 19 | 2021 | $1.90 Add |
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From ![]() Mussolini the EconomistDid the Duce raise the Italian economy to its highest point? |
The author challenges the conception that things “went better” from an economic point of view in Fascist Italy, examining various Facist economic policies. He explores various aspects … | Francesco Filippi | 26 | 2021 | $2.60 Add |
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From ![]() Mussolini the FeministDid the Duce improve the status of women in Italy? |
This chapter tackles the premise that the Fascist regime was more open to women’s rights than the regimes that preceded it and have followed it. The author examines how this Facist regime … | Francesco Filippi | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add |
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From ![]() Mussolini the HumanitarianWas the Duce a "benign" dictator? |
This chapter challenges the notion that Mussolini "wasn’t that bad" as a man and in comparison to other fascist leaders such as Adolf Hitler. It explores Mussolini’s racist, … | Francesco Filippi | 35 | 2021 | $3.50 Add |
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From ![]() Mussolini the Man of LawWas the Duce an upright defender of justice? |
The author tackles the popular Italian myth that Mussolini in fact represented a parenthesis of honesty and moral rectitude in the history of the political life of Italy. He examines fascist rule … | Francesco Filippi | 28 | 2021 | $2.80 Add |
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From ![]() Mussolini the Provident and PrudentialWas the Duce the first man to give Italians pensions? |
This chapter examines Mussolini’s regime’s activity in the fields of social security and in labour issues. The author refutes the idea that Mussolini was the first man to give … | Francesco Filippi | 18 | 2021 | $1.80 Add |
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From ![]() Nazi Past, American FutureFrom: Big Business and Hitler |
Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels examines how in the aftermath of World War II the American government was eager to rehabilitate German industrialists and bankers who had supported Hitler. | Jacques R. Pauwels | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
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From ![]() New Era for the LaboratoryFrom: Montreal and the Bomb |
This chapter outlines the evolution of the project, touching on The MAUD Committee, Lew Kowarski’s work on the project, The ZEEP design, chemicals experimentation, the De Gaulle meeting, … | Gilles Sabourin | 41 | 2021 | $4.10 Add |
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From ![]() NEW! Not Canadian EnoughFrom: On Account of Darkness |
In this chapter, systemic racism against Japanese Canadians during the 20th century is explored.The author muses on the legacy of Bobby Orr and Don Cherry, once models for what it meant to be … | Ian Kennedy | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From ![]() Nuclear Diplomacy and the Onset of the Cold War From: The Myth of the Good War |
Eastern vs Western front post war reorganization and the road to the Cold War. | Jacques R. Pauwels | 14 | 2015 | $1.40 Add |
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From ![]() On EscalationFrom: Conflict Is Not Abuse |
This chapter explores the reasons why people are compelled to escalate. The centerpiece of this dynamic is the role of “bad” groups in encouraging bullying and shunning instead of … | Sarah Schulman | 31 | 2016 | $0.93 Add |











