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History and Current Events December 2016
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Shadow Warriors / Les Guerriers De L'ombre : The Canadian Special Operations Forces Command / Le Commandement Des Forces D’opérations Spéciales Du Canada by Bernd HornAn unprecedented introduction to the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command. On February 1, 2016, the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command (CANSOFCOM) celebrated its tenth anniversary. This benchmark passed largely unheralded. After all, few Canadians actually realize their nation possesses special operations forces, and fewer yet know Canada's long and distinguished history with these forces and the exceptional warriors who fill their ranks. CANSOFCOM carries on this tradition and in its short history has earned a reputation for courage, professionalism, and operational excellence. This book is a rare glimpse into the shadows, providing detailed information on CANSOFCOM and its units, as well as a pictorial history of the Command's evolution.
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Blood at the root : a racial cleansing in America
by Patrick Phillips
A harrowing testament to the deep roots of racial violence in America chronicles acts of racial cleansing in early 20th-century Forsyth County, Georgia, where the murder of a young girl led to mob lynchings, acts of terror against black workers and violent protests by night riders who would enforce whites-only citizenship.
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A World We Have Lost : Saskatchewan Before 1905 by Bill WaiserA World We Have Lost examines the early history of Saskatchewan through an Aboriginal and environmental lens. Indian and mixed-descent peoples played leading roles in the story-as did the land and climate. Despite the growing British and Canadian presence, the Saskatchewan country remained Aboriginal territory. The region's peoples had their own interests and needs and the fur trade was often peripheral to their lives. Indians and Métis peoples wrangled over territory and resources, especially bison, and were not prepared to let outsiders control their lives, let alone decide their future.
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| Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall by Nina WillnerAuthor Nina Willner, the first female U.S. Army intelligence officer to work in East Germany, had a whole family living behind the Iron Curtain. While her mother Hanna had escaped from East Berlin in 1948, marrying an American and raising her children there, all of Hanna's relatives remained behind. In Forty Autumns, Willner relates their story, including her grandfather's brutal "re-education" in a mental institution and the family's loving solidarity in the face of Communist oppression. The Berlin Wall's destruction in 1989 allowed Hanna's first reunion with her relatives in 40 years. Gripping, heartrending, and inspiring, this combined history and family memoir relates the history of the Cold War in personal terms. |
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A square meal : a culinary history of the Great Depression
by Jane Ziegelman
The author of 97 Orchard and her culinary historian husband present an in-depth exploration into the Depression-era food crisis and how it indelibly shaped American attitudes about utilitarian cuisine, government-sponsored charities and processed food.
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Pearl Harbor: Controversy and Consequences |
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Embracing Defeat : Japan in the Wake of World War II by John W. DowerChronicles the events that took place in Japan at the end of World War II and explores the effects they have had on the development and shaping of the Japanese society, from immediately after the war to the present day.
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Japan 1941 : countdown to infamy
by Eri Hotta
A history of the attack on Pearl Harbor from a Japanese perspective argues that the nation's leaders largely understood they were destined to lose the war, offering insight into the tradition-obscured belief system that prompted the country to place its citizens in harm's way.
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| Those Angry Days: Roosevelt, Lindbergh, and America's Fight over World War II, 1939-1941 by Lynne OlsonBetween 1939, following Germany's invasion of Poland, and December 1941, Americans were sharply divided about the prospect of joining the war in Europe. Leading the isolationist faction was aviator Charles Lindbergh, while President Franklin Roosevelt supported intervention. The debate intensified after Germany had conquered mainland Europe, leaving Britain as the final bulwark against the Third Reich's bid for world domination. Those Angry Days vividly recreates the intrigue, dirty tricks, and propaganda campaigns that preceded Pearl Harbor, which inexorably pulled the U.S. into the war. Author Lynne Olson's insights into the isolationist movement add value to this accessible account of the period. |
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The story of Mitsuo Fuchida, the career naval aviator who led the air attack on Pearl Harbor, served through the entire war, was in Hiroshima the day before and the day after the atomic bombing, and was even aboard the Missouri at the surrender ceremonies.
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| Infamy: The Shocking Story of the Japanese-American Internment in World War II by Richard ReevesIn Infamy, historian Richard Reeves draws on interviews with survivors and on personal records from the period to provide a thorough examination of America's World War II internment of Japanese nationals legally residing in the U.S. and Japanese-American citizens. He offers disturbing depictions of white Americans' prejudice against the Japanese and the fear and shame the internees experienced. While he also describes positive responses that mitigate the darkness of this historical episode, his "authoritative" (Library Journal) narrative pulls no punches. For another compelling account of American treatment of foreign nationals during the war, try Jan Jarboe Russell's The Train to Crystal City. |
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| Pearl Harbor Christmas: A World at War, December 1941 by Stanley WeintraubJapan's brutal December 7th attack on Pearl Harbor left Americans both reluctant to embrace the season of joy soon to come and longing for the feelings of peace and hope the Christmas holiday traditionally symbolizes. Pearl Harbor Christmas presents a thought-provoking cultural chronicle of how great world leaders and everyday people alike navigated this difficult season. Starting with Winston Churchill's precipitous arrival in Washington on December 22, this insightful chronicle weaves together Adolf Hitler's sarcasm as revealed in Nazi dispatches, wistful Christmas advertising, and personal observations from those involved in U.S.-British negotiations at the end of 1941. World War II buffs can't go wrong with this snapshot of a critical period. |
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Lambton County Library 787 Broadway St. Wyoming, Ontario N0N1T0 519-845-3324www.lclibrary.ca |
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