The World War II Desk Reference: With the Eishenhower Center for American Studies.

Reference & Research Book News, August, 2005

D740

2004-301224

0-06-052651-3

The World War II desk reference; with the Eishenhower Center for American Studies.

Title main entry. Ed. by Michael E. Haskew.

HarperCollins, [c]2004

572 p.

$39.95

Haskew, editor of World War II History magazine, offers a browsable, amply illustrated reference. Material ranging from battlefronts to important military commanders is presented against a backdrop of political, economic, and social factors, and supplemented with b & w historical photos, lists, time lines, tables, glossaries, and maps. Oral histories from the Eisenhower Center for American Studies at the University of New Orleans shed light on the experiences of those who fought on both sides. A final chapter describes WWII monuments, organizations, document collections, and museums.