World War II Legacy/Impact Project: Books

In these pages, readers will meet courageous women and girls who risked their lives through their involvement in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.

Through narrative nonfiction text, readers learn about numerous roles of women during the war, including as spies, army nurses, factory workers, and pilots.

Sherman, J. (2016). Eyewitness to the role of women in World War II. Mankato, MN: The Childs World.

This volume comprehensively discusses the decisions made, battles fought, lives affected, and subsequent results of the war that defined the twentieth century.

ThiS book gives an account of the effect of American policy during World War II on Japanese-Americans in California. Their internment in prison camps is described through interviews with the survivors and their children.

This social history focuses on the role American women played in the workforce during World War II. It describes the huge mobilization of labour necessary to supply US armed forces with machinery and weapons, and the evolution of women's roles in industry as a result of this.

World War II presents a unique blend of perspectives about what it felt like to be an American during the Second World War and the years that immediately preceded and followed it. This work examines how Americans faced the events and circumstances that shaped their lives during this difficult period.

On a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the Pacific Ocean and disappeared, leaving only a spray of debris and a slick of oil, gasoline, and blood. Then, on the ocean surface, a face appeared. It was that of a young lieutenant, the plane's bombardier, who was struggling to a life raft and pulling himself aboard. So began one of the most extraordinary odysseys of the Second World War.

This landmark encyclopedia covers the entire scope of the Second World War, from its earliest roots to its continuing impact on global politics and human society.

Among the many topics included are the incarceration of Japanese Americans and the decision to drop the atomic bomb.

Chronicles the final years of World War II, the war's aftermath, and its legacy, including new technologies and tactics and the Cold War; and contains a bibliography, a list of websites, Allied and Axis army organization charts.

There are days that make history, and then there are days that shape the world. This title examines how this event caused global change.

During World War II, the United States was home to some of the world's greatest scientists, including some who were fleeing persecution in their own war-torn countries. When scientific discoveries provided a possible way to end the war, the United States government authorized further research. The three-year experiment resulted in the most powerful weapon on earth.

This book includes biographies of all the major World War II generals including: Henry H. Arnold, Omar N. Bradley, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Curtis E. Lemay, Douglas Macarthur, George C. Marshall, George S. Patton, Matthew B. Ridgway, Holland M. Smith, and Joseph W. Stilwell.

Knapp, R. (2014). Fighting U.S. generals of World War II. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow.

Revealing the real words of actual inhabitants of the past, they invite readers to interpret the "evidence" for themselves.

This guide presents differing perspectives on the Cold War drawn from all parts of the world.