North Carolina and World War II a documentary portrait
"This Southern state trained more troops than any other state in the nation. Can one still find the military posts and shipyards, the cemeteries and memorials, the convalescent units and R & R facilities today? This volume describes in detail both the state's 20-plus military sites and...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
[2014]
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| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b4739951x*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Beginning of World War II in Europe
- 2. The Beginning of America's Direct Involvement in the War
- 3. Some Immediate Effects of the War on North Carolina (December 1941-August 1942)
- 4. Other Effects of the War on the State and the Nation
- 5. National Cemeteries in North Carolina
- 6. Sites in the Mountain Region
- 7. Sites in the Piedmont Region
- 8. Sites in the Western Coastal Plain
- 9. The Southern Tidewater Subregion of the Coastal Region
- 10. The Central Tidewater Subregion of the Coastal Region
- 11. The Three Capes of North Carolina
- 12. The Northern Tidewater Subregion: Nags Head, Manteo, Edenton, Elizabeth City, Weeksville, Vultee
- 13. The Incalculable Costs of World War I and the Great Depression to the World, the Nation and the State Before World War II
- vii 14. The Incalculable Costs of World War II
- 15. The Medal of Honor
- 16. The Home Front
- Bibliography
- Index.
