World War II

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Mussolini the Man of Law Was the Duce an upright defender of justice? From: Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good View bar	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
From Mussolini the Provident and Prudential Was the Duce the first man to give Italians pensions? From: Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good View bar	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
From Mykhailo Chomiak and the Krakivski Visti From: Family Ties View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses how certain Ukrainian factions united with Nazi authorities through coordinated anti-Semitic propaganda campaigns during World War II.	Peter McFarlane	17	2024	$1.70 Add
From Nazi Past, American Future From: Big Business and Hitler View James Lorimer and Company	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
From New Era for the Laboratory From: Montreal and the Bomb View bar	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
From NEW! Not Canadian Enough From: On Account of Darkness View twp	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
From Nuclear Diplomacy and the Onset of the Cold War From: The Myth of the Good War View James Lorimer and Company	Eastern vs Western front post war reorganization and the road to the Cold War.	Jacques R. Pauwels	14	2015	$1.40 Add
From On Escalation From: Conflict Is Not Abuse View Arsenal Pulp Press	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
From NEW! One Hundred Girls and a Scandal From: Wanda’s War View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter 10 discusses the scandal at the Dionne Spinning Mills, in Saint-Georges, Quebec, that Wanda over 100 other Polish women found themselves in when arriving in Canada after May, 1947. The …	Marsha Faubert	23	2023	$2.30 Add
From NEW! Opening Doors From: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses Canada’s increasing openness to accepting refugees and immigrants after the war. it illustrates this with firsthand accounts, photographs, and documents.	Rona Arato	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From Opening Doors From: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis James Lorimer and Company	This chapter discusses Canada’s increasing openness to accepting refugees and immigrants after the war. it illustrates this with firsthand accounts, photographs, and documents.	Rona Arato	8	2021	$0.80 Add
From Origins of the Laboratory From: Montreal and the Bomb View bar	This chapter explores the early days for the British-led project to develop an atomic bomb in a Montreal laboratory, looking at key figures in the project’s foundation and management such …	Gilles Sabourin	38	2021	$3.80 Add
From NEW! Ostarbeiter in Germany From: Wanda’s War View Goose Lane Editions	Chapter 4 discusses Wanda’s experience as a Ostarbeiter (eastern worker), one of the 1.6 million foreigner forced labourers used by the Nazi’s during the Second World War. The …	Marsha Faubert	16	2023	$1.60 Add
From Part I From: The Matryoshka Memoirs View ECW Press	Part One details the story of Irina in wartime Germany in the 1940s and her life working in a prison camp hospital and in a prestigious family’s home, eventually starting a family. …	Sasha Colby	156	2023	$15.60 Add
From Part II From: The Matryoshka Memoirs View ECW Press	Part Two picks up from the first as Irina and Sergei escape from Germany with their child, and immigrate to Canada. The author continues to include scenes from the modern day between herself and …	Sasha Colby	80	2023	$8.00 Add
From Paying for Mobilization, Then and Now From: A Good War View ECW Press	In Chapter 8, Klein tackles the question of who will pay for it. In the chapter he explores how the financial backing was generated during the mobilized for the the Second World War and how we …	Seth Klein	22	2020	$2.20 Add