World War II

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Civil Society Leadership

Civil Society Leadership

From: A Good War

In Chapter 10, Klein shifts his focus from the political sphere to that of role of civil society primarily through social movements to bring change and mobilize the masses. Focusing on issues of … 16 $1.60 Add
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Class Warfare on the American Home Front

Class Warfare on the American Home Front

From: The Myth of the Good War

Analyzes who profited on the homefront during the war; unemployment was low but big businesses profited most from the war-time boom. 10 $1.00 Add
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Cold Warriors: Ukrainian Nationalists in Canada

Cold Warriors: Ukrainian Nationalists in Canada

From: Family Ties

This chapter discusses the evolving history of Ukrainian Nationalist networks in Canada and their relationship with Nazism. 6 $0.60 Add
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Come to Canada
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Come to Canada

From: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis

This chapter provides an overview of Jewish immigration to Canada from the 18th to 20th centuries. It discusses the factors that drove immigration and the experiences of Jewish immigrants once … 12 $1.20 Add
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Come to Canada

Come to Canada

From: Righting Canada's Wrongs: Anti-Semitism and the MS St. Louis

This chapter provides an overview of Jewish immigration to Canada from the 18th to 20th centuries. It discusses the factors that drove immigration and the experiences of Jewish immigrants once … 12 $1.20 Add
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Coming to Canada

Coming to Canada

From: Righting Canada’s Wrongs: Japanese Canadian Internment in the Second World War

This chapter looks at the immigration of Japanese people to Canada: What prmpted their immigration, why they chose to settle in Canada, and the society that they found when the arrived. It … ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Bombs and Barbed Wire
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Conclusion

From: Bombs and Barbed Wire

The Conclusion reflects on the sacrifice of these men and the many more in the Canadian war effort and how they should be remembered. 2 $0.20 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

Fascism and War after 1945

From: Big Business and Hitler

Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels offers concluding thoughts on how American corporate capitalism emerged from the Second World War as significantly more powerful in the world, eclipsing … 5 $0.50 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

Forward to Victory! or Making Peace with our Planet

From: A Good War

In the Conclusion, Klein offers his final call to action, asking his readers to begin to take steps towards a Climate Mobilization Plan for Canada, bringing us all together and for our collective … 14 $1.40 Add
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Conclusion

From: Dangerous Enemy Sympathizers

In the conclusion, Theobald suggests that although the internees were treated humanely, on the whole, their imprisonment was mostly based on hasty decisions spurred on by fear. 12 $1.20 Add
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Conclusion

From: Material Traces of War

In the conclusion, the authors explore the return to "normalcy" after the end of war. For the women in this book, the return to normalcy was a mixed bag. ; ; 4 $0.40 Add
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Conclusion

From: Bamboo Cage

The conclusion notes that Wyse buried his diary for fear of being discovered. He spent the rest of the war on Java, and was able to retrieve his diary and type up the manuscript. 4 $0.40 Add
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Conclusion

From: Captured Hearts

The conclusion reflects on the lives these women made for themselves in their adopted home of New Brunswick. This chapter highlights the communities, work, and support these women created and … 5 $0.50 Add
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Conclusion

From: Montreal and the Bomb

The conclusion explores the Montreal Laboratory employees’s reactions to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the document “Canada’s Role in Atomic Bomb Drama," Canada’s role in … 19 $1.90 Add
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Confederation Quagmire

Confederation Quagmire

Regional Differences, Then and Now

From: A Good War

In Chapter 5, Klein examines the challenges the federal government faces while trying to secure sufficient collaboration across the various levels of government to confront the climate crisis. … 24 $2.40 Add
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<p>Corporate Collaboration and the So-called "De-Nazification" of Germany (1)</p>

Corporate Collaboration and the So-called "De-Nazification" of Germany (1)

From: The Myth of the Good War

Analyzes how aspects of Nazism were not removed as they were classified by big business as good for business. 19 $1.90 Add