“…Kertzer shows why no full understanding of the course of World War II is complete without knowledge of the dramatic, behind-the-scenes role played by the pope --…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Chapter 1 - A short history of computer simulations History of interactive 3D, from early flight simulaters during World War 2 to state of the art low cost virtual sets. - Inverview: Ken Perlin, Director of CAT/NYU, special effects supervisor for Tron, Disney. …”

“…After naval service in World War II, he began a long affiliation with the Air Force as a civilian engineer and Air National Guard officer. …”
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“…His internal world was a "reservoir" of the deposited image of his father figure, an individual most severely traumatized during World War II. The patient was given the task to be a mass-"killer" of animals instead of being a hunted one.This book most clearly illustrates how the transgenerational transmission of trauma takes place and how the impact of war continues in future generations. …”

“…Multiculturalism as a distinct form of liberal-democratic governance gained widespread acceptance after World War II, but in recent years this consensus has been fractured. …”

“…After World War II, tracing and documenting Nazi victims emerged against the background of millions of missing persons and early compensation proceedings. …”

“…Examining key texts and documents published since the inception of the human rights movement at the end of World War II, he crafts a bracing critique of these works from the hitherto underutilized perspective of the Global South. …”

“…The German army entered Kleczew on September 15, 1939, shortly after the outbreak of World War II. The communities of Kleczew and the vicinity were among the first Jewish collectives in Europe to be totally destroyed. …”

“…The American labor movement seemed poised on the threshold of unparalleled success at the beginning of the post-World War II era. Fourteen million strong in 1946, unions represented thirty five percent of non-agricultural workers. …”

“…Hu Shih (1891-1962) was one of China's top scholars and diplomats and served as the Republic of China's ambassador to the United States during World War II. As early as 1941, Hu Shih warned of the fundamental ideological conflict between dictatorial totalitarianism and democratic systems, a view that later became the foundation of the Cold War narrative. …”

“…It discusses his intellectual journey, shaped by his experiences in the French Resistance during World War II, and his subsequent disillusionment with partisan politics. …”

“…The research presented in this book integrates a historical interpretation of post-World War II capitalism with economic theory and empirical analysis. …”

“…The number of armed conflicts has never been higher since the end of World War II. At the same time, disasters have increased in frequency and intensity over the past two decades due to climate change, urbanization, and persistent inequalities. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Front Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyrights Informations -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Figures -- Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: Embattled Nature: Soldiers, Civilians, and Landscapes -- 1 Situating the Volume in the Field of Environmental History -- 2 Embattled Landscapes: Environmental and Spatial Lenses on Modern Military History -- 3 Structure of the Volume -- 4 Conclusion -- Part 1: Environment as the Battlefield -- 1 Contested Landscapes, Manifold Spaces: Analysing the Warscapes of the First World War -- 1 The Warscapes Model: Re-Reading the Spatiality of the First World War -- 2 First World War Landscapes -- 3 Conclusion: Warscapes in the Era of the Anthropocene -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Literature -- 2 Logistics and Transformation of the Landscape for Mountain Warfare: the Plateaus -- 1 The Trentino Region in the New Strategic Situation after 1866 -- 2 The Fortress Region -- 3 Military and Civilians -- 3 Destruction of Nature through Warfare in (Austrian) Galicia during the First World War -- 4 Oil as a Resource and Element of Defence: the Cases of Galicia in 1915 and Romania in 1916 -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exploitation of Eastern European Oilfields before and during the First World War -- 3 Adoption of the "Scorched Earth" Tactic in 1915 in Galicia -- 4 The Entente and the Destruction of Oil Stocks in Romania -- 5 Outcomes of the Oil Destruction Missions -- Part 2: Environment and Public Health -- 5 Animal Fighters, Animal Victims: the Animal Dimension -- 1 Animal History or Animate History: Discussions about Animals in History -- 2 Animals in Military Spaces: the Epidemiological Threat -- 3 Horses on the Austro-Russian Front: Loss and Change of Stock under the Conditions of Military Operations -- 4 "Love of Animals" as a Prerequisite for Military Efficiency: Dogs on the Eastern Front…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…South -- Defining Resilience -- Resilience on Lowcountry Wetlands and in Lowcountry Rice Fields -- Resilience, Climate Change, and the 21st Century Rice Field Infrastructure -- Conclusion -- References -- The Short- and Long-Term Effects of an Early Medieval Pandemic -- Introduction -- Setting the Scene: The Roman Empire and the Outbreak of Plague -- Short-Term Responses to the First Plague Outbreak in 542 C.E -- Public Reaction -- State Response in Constantinople -- Annual to Decadal-Scale Responses -- State Effects in the First Five Years: The 540s -- Effects on a Decadal Scale: Causality and Caution -- Conclusion -- References -- Migration and the Environment -- The Integration of Settlers into Existing Socio-Environmental Settings: Reclaiming the Greek Lands After the Late Medieval Crisis -- Introduction -- The Turkish Nomads in Thessaly -- The Albanians in the Peloponnese -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- Eastward Migration in European History: The Interplay of Economic and Environmental Opportunities -- References -- The Environmental Dimension of Migration: The Case of Poland After World War II -- References -- Conclusions -- Concluding Remarks: Interdisciplinarity and Public Policy…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- part 1 -- The History, Effectiveness and Legality of Unilateral Economic Sanctions -- 1 The History and Effectiveness of Economic Coercion -- 1 The History of Economic Coercion: From Economic Warfare to the Enforcement of Community Interests -- 1.1 Economic Coercion before the Twentieth Century -- 1.2 Economic Sanctions in the Covenant of the League of Nations and Their Application in the Interwar Period -- 1.3 Economic Sanctions after World War ii -- 1.4 The “Sanctions Decade” and the Quest for “Smart” Sanctions -- 1.5 The War against Terrorism and the UN Security Council’s Targeted Sanctions -- 1.6 The Increased Use of Unilateral Economic Sanctions and a New Geo-Economic World Order -- 2 The Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions -- 2.1 The Objectives Pursued by Economic Sanctions -- 2.2 The Debate on the Effectiveness of Economic Sanctions -- 2.3 Strategies for Circumventing the Negative Effects of Economic Sanctions -- 3 Conclusion -- 2 The Legality of Unilateral Economic Sanctions under Public International Law -- 1 Unilateral Economic Sanctions: In Search of Definitional Clarity -- 1.1 Retorsion -- 1.2 Reprisals -- 1.3 Countermeasures -- 1.4 Third-Party Countermeasures (Solidarity Measures, Countermeasures in the Collective Interest) -- 1.5 Sanctions -- 2 The Legality of Unilateral Economic Sanctions under the Charter of the United Nations -- 2.1 Unilateral Economic Sanctions as a Use of Force under Article 2(4) -- 2.2 Unilateral Economic Sanctions as a Violation of the Principle of Non-intervention -- 3 The Legality of Unilateral Economic Sanctions under the Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts -- 3.1 Unilateral Economic Sanctions as Countermeasures -- 3.2 Unilateral Economic Sanctions as Third-Party Countermeasures -- 4 Unilateral Economic Sanctions and Established Principles of Jurisdiction in International Law -- 4.1 Jurisdiction in International Law -- 4.2 Secondary Sanctions and Their Extraterritorial Reach -- 4.3 Types of Primary and Secondary Unilateral Sanctions that Face a Significant Risk of Being Classed as Extraterritorial -- 5 Jurisdiction and the Imposition of Unilateral Financial Sanctions -- 5.1 The Era of Financial Warfare -- 5.2 Unilateral Financial Sanctions and Jurisdiction -- 5.3 Correspondent Account-Based Jurisdiction: A New Rule for Ascertaining Jurisdiction -- 6 Unilateral Economic Sanctions and the Immunities of States and State Officials -- 6.1 Blocking the Property of Central Banks and State-Owned Enterprises -- 6.2 Blocking of Property and Travel Restrictions Applicable to Heads of States and Other High-Ranking Government Officials -- 7 Unilateral Economic Sanctions and wto Law -- 7.1 Import Restrictions -- 7.2 Export Restrictions -- 7.3 Restrictions on Traffic in Transit and Goods in Transit -- 7.4 The Freezing of Assets and Restrictions on Financial Transactions -- 7.5 Visa Restrictions…”

“…Around ninety percent of all goods are transported by ship, and since World War II, shipbuilding has undergone major changes in response to new commercial pressures and opportunities. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The National Research Council and the Chicago World's Fair -- Committees on Drug Addiction -- National Research Council Studies in Geophysics and Physics -- Changes in the Organization of International Science -- 11 The Academy During the Great Depression -- WILLIAM WALLACE CAMPBELL (1931-1935) -- Reorganization of the National Research Council -- Borderland Science -- Washington Biophysical Institute -- Engineering and Industrial Research -- 12 The New Deal and the Science Advisory Board -- Creation of the Science Advisory Board -- Organization and Activities of the Science Advisory Board -- Recovery Program of Science Progress -- A New Executive Order Expanding the Science Advisory Board -- The National Planning Board and Its Successors -- Division within the Academy Over the Science Advisory Board -- Failure of Compton's "National Program -- FRANK RATTRAY LILLIE (1935-1939) -- Expiration of the Science Advisory Board -- 13 The Academy in World War II -- FRANK BALDWIN JEWETT (1939-1947) -- The Potentialities of Nuclear Fission -- Vannevar Bush and the National Defense Research Committee -- Academy and Research Council Committees Under NDRC -- The Office of Scientific Research and Development -- The NRC and the Committee on Medical Research -- Other Academy and Research Council Advisory Committees -- The Question of an Atomic Bomb -- The OSRD Office of Field Service -- Planning for Postwar Science -- 14 The Postwar Organization of Science -- Research Board for National Security -- The First Kilgore Bill -- Science, the Endless Frontier -- Hearings on Science Legislation -- Atomic Energy Legislation -- New Science Legislation -- The Dispersal of OSRD -- The Steelman Report -- A Restatement of Academy Policy -- 15 The Years Between the Wars -- ALFRED NEWTON RICHARDS (1947-1950) -- The Loyalty Issue -- Establishment of the National Science Foundation…”