The collection on the history of World War II has been finally published. We were going to publish it by last September (80th anniversary of the capitulation of Japan), but actually we only managed to prepare the manuscript by that time, so we received the paper copies in early May—right by the 81st anniversary of the capitulation of Germany.
The volume covers only non-Russian historiography of the Second World War because foreign publications are still quite hard to access in Russia. Mostly these are papers on political, economical and social history; we almost didn’t consider the warfare history. The materials of the collection cover not only the Eastern Front, but also the other theatres of World War II (Western and Southern Europe, South-East Asia), some papers deal with the situation in neutral countries.
Contents:
- Preface
- J. Eckel, ‘Pivot years: World War II in 20th-century history’ (Abstract)
- G. Golub, ‘The eagle and the lion: reassessing Anglo-American strategic planning and the foundations of U. S. grand strategy for World War II’ (Abstract)
- A. Holmila, ‘Parliament and the press: forging the United Nations in wartime Britain, 1939–45’ (Abstract)
- R. I. Guzaerov, ‘Turtsiia i Velikobritaniia vo Vtoroi mirovoi voine’ [Turkey and Great Britain in World War II] (Review article)
- O. V. Babenko, ‘Sovetsko-pol’skie otnosheniia 1939–1945 gg. (po materialam zhurnala Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski 2022–2024 gg.)’ [The Soviet–Polish relations in 1939–45 (based on 2022–24 materials of Przegląd Wschodnioeuropejski)] (Review article)
- M. H. Folly, ‘ “They treat us with scant respect”: prejudice and pride in British Military Liaison with the Soviet Union in the Second World War’ (Abstract)
- T. Piffer, The Big Three Allies and the European Resistance: intelligence, politics, and the origins of the Cold War, 1939–1945 (Abstract)
- M. Fritsche, ‘Spaces of encounter: relations between the occupier and the occupied in Norway during the Second World War’ (Abstract)
- P. Fonzi, Oltre i confini: le occupazioni italiane durante la Seconda guerra mondiale (1939–1943) [Beyond the borders: Italian occupation during the Second World War (1939–1943)] (Abstract)
- A. J. Rieber, Storms over the Balkans during the Second World War (Abstract)
- G. Huff, World War II and Southeast Asia: economy and society under Japanese occupation (Abstract)
- D. V. Petrukhina, review of A. Pomiecko, ‘ “It is never too late to fight for one’s family and nation”: attempts at “Belarusifying” soldiers in German-sponsored armed formations, 1941–1944’
- S. G. Holtsmark, ‘Improvised liberation, October 1944: the Petsamo–Kirkenes Operation and the Red Army in Norway’ (Joint abstract)
- Iu. V. Dunaeva, review of J. K. Hass, Wartime suffering and survival: the human condition under siege in the Blockade of Leningrad, 1941–1944
- N. Belsky, Evacuee encounters on the Soviet home front during the Second World War (Abstract)
- A. V. Apanasenok, ‘Kak “chuzhaia” voina stala “svoei” ’ [How the ‘someone else’s’ war became ‘ours’]: Review of V. Davis, Central Asia in World War Two: the impact and legacy of fighting for the Soviet Union
- J. Rodgers, ‘A single wooden house standing in Stalingrad: Alexander Werth’s “Russian Commentary” on the BBC during the Second World War’ (Abstract)
- N. Eaton, German blood, Slavic soil: how Nazi Königsberg became Soviet Kaliningrad (Abstract)
- K. T. Hall, ‘The flyer trials: seeking justice for Lynchjustiz committed against American airmen during the Second World War’ (Abstract)
- D. A. Harrisville, The virtuous Wehrmacht: crafting the myth of the German soldier on the Eastern Front, 1941–1944 (Abstract)
- M. M. Mints, ‘Evrei vo Vtoroi mirovoi voine’ [Jews in the Second World War] (Review article)
- D. C. Clary, The lost scientists of World War II (Article)
- T. Dedering, ‘German “enemy aliens” in internment camps in South Africa in the Second World War’ (Abstract)
- G. Papalia, ‘The Italian “Fifth Column” in Australia: Fascist propaganda, Italian-Australians and internment’ (Abstract)
- Tzung-Ruei Tsou, ‘Schooling in camp: incarceration camps and the Japanese American school experience during World War II’ (Abstract)
- M. Oprel, ‘Categorisation. Classification. Confiscation: dealing with enemy citizens in the Netherlands in the aftermath of World War II (1944–1967)’ (Abstract)
- O. V. Bol’shakova, ‘Zhenshchiny vo Vtoroi mirovoi voine: sovremennaia zarubezhnaia istoriografiia’ [Women in World War II: contemporary foreign historiography] (Review article)
- U. Khaitan, ‘Women beneath the surface: coal and the colonial state in India during the Second World War’ (Abstract)
- O. Ayers, ‘Jim Crow and John Bull in London: transatlantic encounters with race and nation in the Second World War’ (Abstract)
- C. O’Connell, ‘A Roman Holiday? African Americans and Italians in the Second World War’ (Abstract)
- J. P. Smith, ‘Race and hospitality: Allied troops of colour on the South African home front during the Second World War’ (Abstract)
- D. Littlewood, ‘Conscription in Britain, New Zealand, Australia and Canada during the Second World War’ (Abstract)
- P. Iacobelli, ‘Japan’s intelligence network in Chile during the Second World War’ (Abstract)
- N. Glover, K. Arnberg and F. Cottrell-Sundevall, ‘The making of consumer patriotism: mobilizing Christmas in Sweden during the Second World War’ (Abstract)
- Bibliography
- Contributors
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