Lester J. Bartson

In the Shadow of the Hawk

An Intimate Chronicle of World War II and One Woman's Search for Meaning

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book carries the reader back to the early years of World War II. It is centered on an insightful American woman's daily experience, recorded in her diary from 1939 to 1942, wherein personal reflections and epic thrust yield an intriguing sense of plot. Historical and cultural issues are given perspective by richly interactive notes, a broadly based Introduction, reflective Epilogue, thematic Index, and more than fifty individual illustrations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 845g
• ISBN-13: 9780761828693
• ISBN-10: 0761828699
• Artikelnr.: 21874108

Autorenporträt

By Lester J. Bartson

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 List of Plates
Chapter 3 Historiographical Introduction
Chapter 4 Spring, 1939: March 11- June 3
Chapter 5 Summer, 1939: June 30-August 30
Chapter 6 Autumn, 1939: September 1-October 2
Chapter 7 An Early Winter, 1939: October 7-December 31
Chapter 8 Lingering Winter.Dismal Spring, 1940: February 5-May 17
Chapter 9 Late Spring, 1940: The Fall of France: May 27-June 25
Chapter 10 Summer and Autumn, 1940: July 1-September 16
Chapter 11 Autumn, 1940: September 22-November 26
Chapter 12 New Directions: November 5, 1941-July 30, 1942
Chapter 13 Epilogue
Chapter 14 Character Study
Chapter 15 Index