- Summary
- This is a collection of thirty papers concerning various aspects of the history of World War II. Authors from different countries discuss this conflict from their own research perspectives. As a result, readers obtain a variety of perspectives from specialized historians on the first truly global experience for humanity.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Berlin : Peter Lang, [2019]
©2019
- Contents
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List of illustrations
List of tables
Introduction / Jarosław Suchoples, Stephanie James, Barbara Törnquist-Plewa
'Aboriginal people served Australia well': Auxilary Indigenous labour in Northern Australia, 1939-1945 / Geoffrey Gray
Australia- 'a British outpost'- and war with Japan: Some newspaper echoes of white Australia policy fears, 1941-1942 / Stephanie James
'Our earth shook': New Guinean histories of the Pacific war / Christine Winter
In search of an independent Indonesia: Japanese occupation policies for Asia versus Indonesian nationalist aspirations during World War Two / Frank Dhont
The Japanese invasion of Malaya in World War II: Anti-Japanese resistance and the Malay nationalist movement / Abdul Rahman Embong, Zaharul Abdullah
Memories of World War II: Oral histories from Brunei Darussalam (December 1941-June 1945) / Frank Dhont, Janet E. Marles, Maslin Bin Haji Jukim/Jukin
France and Japan in Tianjin, 1937-1940 / Mathieu Gotteland
Japanese ultra-nationalism and its 'holy' war: A brief intellectual history / Fumitaka Furuoka
Introducing the memorial site for Asia-Pacific war forced labourers in Hokkaido- Background, constraints, and opportunities in teaching practice / Raimond Selke, Masahiro Saito
Cinema of change: Evolving responses to World War II in Japan and the United States / Paul Cornelius, Douglas Rhein
The Second World War and Nepal: A discussion on the involvement and experiences / Surendra K.C., Ratna Mani Nepal
From the imperial venture to the Poles' haven: World War II and Iran, 1939-1945 / Esmaeil Zeiny
Amidst abyss and paradise- Germany's war in East Asia / Jan Asmussen
The establishment of Bulgarian-Japanese diplomatic relations and first Bulgarian diplomatic representatives in Tokyo (1942-1945) / Aleka Strezova
Italian-Japanese relations during the creation of fascist Italy, 1943-1945 / Alessandro Salvador
The Second World War and Africa- New considerations within colonial context / Tumo Melasuo
Brazil's participation in World War II / Alfredo Oscar Salun
Terror remembered, terror forgotten: Stalinist, Nazi and nationalist atrocities in Ukrainian 'nationaly memory / Per Anders Rudling
Memories of the war-time nationalist movement during the orange revolution (2004) and the Euromaidan (2014): Similarities, differences, and purposes of the use of the past in the turbulent times of the present / Yuliya Yurchuk
The storm gathers in the north. Finland and the Soviet Union in 1938 and 1939: From the Soviet April proposals to the outbreak of the winter war / Jarosław Suchoples
What shall we do with the Finnish sailors? The attitude of Britain and her allies towards Finnish merchant seamen and the ships they sailed on during World War II / Helena P. Evans
Hitler's satellites? Finland and Romania in Nazi foreign policy and war strategy, 1940/41-1944 / Michael Jonas
Authorship during fascism, national-socialism and war conservative conspiracy: Dangers and despair of 'the inner exile': Rudolf Borchardt and Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen / Alexander Mionskowski
Cinemantic representation of World War II in Scandinavia in contemporary European movies (2010-2015) / Torsten Schaar, Annika Gilgen, Chang Shi Wen
British security agencies and suspected German espionage couriers during the 'phoney war' / Mika Suonpää
A village tale- the impact of war office ownership of Salisbury plain upon the village of Imber during World War II / Stuart Wakefield
The flawed version of world peace. Yalta / Marek Kornat
Horrible decade 1938-1947: Europe during and directly after WWII: Some selected problems / Jan M. Piskorski
Comparative analysis of post-second World War urban environments in Western and Central Europe and Southeast Asia / Marek Kozłowski
The second World War in the new millenium: National memory cultures and universalist narratives in Europe- Contrary or complementary? / Arnd Bauerkämper.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Suchoples, Jarosław, editor.
James, Stephanie, 1949- editor.
Törnquist Plewa, Barbara, editor.
- Notes
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"From 8 to 10 October 2015, the commemorative conference 'The Second World War: Interpretations and Perspectives. A Re-visit After Seventy Years, 1945-2015' was organized'--Page [7].
Includes bibliographical references.
List of illustrations -- List of tables -- Introduction / Jarosław Suchoples, Stephanie James, Barbara Törnquist-Plewa -- 'Aboriginal people served Australia well': Auxilary Indigenous labour in Northern Australia, 1939-1945 / Geoffrey Gray -- Australia- 'a British outpost'- and war with Japan: Some newspaper echoes of white Australia policy fears, 1941-1942 / Stephanie James -- 'Our earth shook': New Guinean histories of the Pacific war / Christine Winter -- In search of an independent Indonesia: Japanese occupation policies for Asia versus Indonesian nationalist aspirations during World War Two / Frank Dhont -- The Japanese invasion of Malaya in World War II: Anti-Japanese resistance and the Malay nationalist movement / Abdul Rahman Embong, Zaharul Abdullah -- Memories of World War II: Oral histories from Brunei Darussalam (December 1941-June 1945) / Frank Dhont, Janet E. Marles, Maslin Bin Haji Jukim/Jukin -- France and Japan in Tianjin, 1937-1940 / Mathieu Gotteland -- Japanese ultra-nationalism and its 'holy' war: A brief intellectual history / Fumitaka Furuoka -- Introducing the memorial site for Asia-Pacific war forced labourers in Hokkaido- Background, constraints, and opportunities in teaching practice / Raimond Selke, Masahiro Saito -- Cinema of change: Evolving responses to World War II in Japan and the United States / Paul Cornelius, Douglas Rhein -- The Second World War and Nepal: A discussion on the involvement and experiences / Surendra K.C., Ratna Mani Nepal -- From the imperial venture to the Poles' haven: World War II and Iran, 1939-1945 / Esmaeil Zeiny -- Amidst abyss and paradise- Germany's war in East Asia / Jan Asmussen -- The establishment of Bulgarian-Japanese diplomatic relations and first Bulgarian diplomatic representatives in Tokyo (1942-1945) / Aleka Strezova -- Italian-Japanese relations during the creation of fascist Italy, 1943-1945 / Alessandro Salvador -- The Second World War and Africa- New considerations within colonial context / Tumo Melasuo -- Brazil's participation in World War II / Alfredo Oscar Salun -- Terror remembered, terror forgotten: Stalinist, Nazi and nationalist atrocities in Ukrainian 'nationaly memory / Per Anders Rudling -- Memories of the war-time nationalist movement during the orange revolution (2004) and the Euromaidan (2014): Similarities, differences, and purposes of the use of the past in the turbulent times of the present / Yuliya Yurchuk -- The storm gathers in the north. Finland and the Soviet Union in 1938 and 1939: From the Soviet April proposals to the outbreak of the winter war / Jarosław Suchoples -- What shall we do with the Finnish sailors? The attitude of Britain and her allies towards Finnish merchant seamen and the ships they sailed on during World War II / Helena P. Evans -- Hitler's satellites? Finland and Romania in Nazi foreign policy and war strategy, 1940/41-1944 / Michael Jonas -- Authorship during fascism, national-socialism and war conservative conspiracy: Dangers and despair of 'the inner exile': Rudolf Borchardt and Friedrich Reck-Malleczewen / Alexander Mionskowski -- Cinemantic representation of World War II in Scandinavia in contemporary European movies (2010-2015) / Torsten Schaar, Annika Gilgen, Chang Shi Wen -- British security agencies and suspected German espionage couriers during the 'phoney war' / Mika Suonpää -- A village tale- the impact of war office ownership of Salisbury plain upon the village of Imber during World War II / Stuart Wakefield -- The flawed version of world peace. Yalta / Marek Kornat -- Horrible decade 1938-1947: Europe during and directly after WWII: Some selected problems / Jan M. Piskorski -- Comparative analysis of post-second World War urban environments in Western and Central Europe and Southeast Asia / Marek Kozłowski -- The second World War in the new millenium: National memory cultures and universalist narratives in Europe- Contrary or complementary? / Arnd Bauerkämper.