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WORLD WAR II
 

Updated and maintained by Patricia Hardesty hardespn@jmu.edu 540-568-6360 Liaison Librarian for History, Philosophy and Religion, Political Science Originally compiled by Gordon W. Miller   September 2003

 

Guides Bibliographies Dictionaries/Encyclopedias Biographical Sources Primary Sources General Histories Atlases/Maps Historiography Pictorial Works Pearl Harbor Atomic Bomb

Holocaust Studies War Crimes Trials Treaties United Nations Directories Speeches Dissertations Public Opinion Oral History Government Publications Searching for Books Searching for Periodical Articles

 

A.            Guides

 

Aster, Sidney.  British Foreign Policy, 1918-1945: A Guide to Research and Research Materials. rev. ed. 1991. (Ref DA 578 A78 1991).

 

Burns, Richard D., ed. Guide to American Foreign Relations Since 1700. 1983. (Ref JX 1407 G84 1983).

 

Cassels, Alan. Italian Foreign Policy, 1918-1945: A Guide to Research and Research Materials. rev. ed. 1991. (Ref DG 498 C26 1991).

 

Conference on Research on the Second World War (1971: Washington, D.C.). World War II: An Account of its Documents. 1976. (D 743.42 C66 1971).

 

Cornebise, Alfred E. Ranks and Columns: Armed Forces Newspapers in American Wars. 1993. (PN 4888 M54 C67 1993).

         Several chapters discuss World War II.

 

Great Britain. Public Record Office. The Second World War, a Guide to Documents in the Public Record Office. 1972. (Ref CD 1043 A58).

 

Hazlehurst, Cameron, comp. A Guide to the Papers of British Cabinet Ministers, 1900-1951. 1974. (Ref DA 566.90 A1 H39 1974).

 

Haines, Gerald K. A Reference Guide to United States Department of State Special Files. 1985. (Ref CD 3031 1985).

 

Higham, Robin D.S. A Guide to the Sources of British Military History. 1971. (Ref DA 50 G85).

            A 1988 supplement is also available.

 

Higham, Robin, ed. A Guide to the Sources of United States Military History. 1975. (Ref E 181 G83 1975).

            This has been supplemented three times up to 1993.

 

Hull, Theodore J. “Electronic Records in the National Archives for World War II Research.”  Prologue 26 (Fall 1994): 166-169.

 

Johnston, Robert H. Soviet Foreign Policy, 1918-1945: A Guide to Research and Research Materials. 1991. (Ref DK 266 J64 1991).

 

Kimmich, Christoph M. German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945: A Guide to Research and Research Materials. rev. ed. 1991. (Ref DD 240 K55 1991).

 

Kohn, Gary J., comp. The Jewish Experience: A Guide to Manuscript Sources in the Library of Congress. 1986. (E 184 J5 K63 1986).

 

Mowat, Charles L. Great Britain Since 1914. [1971]. (DA 566 M68 1971).

 

The National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. 1959/61-1993. (Biblio Z 6620 U5 N3).

 

United States. Department of State. Historical Office. A Catalog of Files and Microfilms of the German Foreign Ministry Archives, 1920-1945. 1962-1972. 4 vol. (CD 1261 A65. This is vol. 3-4).

         Volumes 1-2 are in Microform Area. Microfilm 626-626.

 

United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States. 1995. 3 vol. (Ref CD 3026 1995).

        This is the standard guide to National Archives sources. Also online at  http://www.nara.gov/guide/.

 

United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Records Relating to U-boat Warfare, 1939-1945. 1985. (Gov Doc AE 1.112/2:2).

 

Vandercook, Sharon. A Guide to British Documents and Records in the University of Virginia Library. 1972.  (Ref CD 1042 V363 1972).

 

Young, Robert J. French Foreign Policy, 1918-1945: A Guide to Research and Research Materials. rev. ed. 1991. (Ref DC 369 Y67 1991).

 

B.            Bibliographies

 

Alfoldi, Laszlo M. World War II, 1939-1945: The Eastern and Balkan Fronts, the Axis Forces in Europe. 1978.  (Gov Doc D 114.14:16/v.3).

 

Arnold, Louise. The Era of World War II: Mediterranean and Western European Theaters of Operation. [197-]. (Gov Doc D 114.14:16/v. 4).

 

Barnard, Roy. The Era of World War II: General Reference Works, Bibliography. 1977.  (Gov Doc D 114.14:16/v.1).

 

Bibliographie Annuelle de l’Histoire de France …. annual. 1973-    . (Ref DC 38 B5).

 

Blewett, Daniel K. American Military History: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources. 1995.  (Ref E 181 B54 1995).

 

Cronon, Edmund D., comp. The Second World War and the Atomic Age, 1940-1973. 1975. (E 741 C7).

 

Enser, A.G.S.  A Subject Bibliography of the Second World War, and Aftermath: Books in English, 1975-1987. 1990. (Ref D 743 E57 1990).

 

Evleth, Donna, comp.  France Under the German Occupation, 1940-1944: An Annotated Bibliography. 1991. (D 802 F8 E9 1991).

 

Foreign Affairs Bibliography. 1919-    . (Ref JX 1391 F73).

 

Hammond, Thomas T., comp. Soviet Foreign Relations and World Communism: A Selected, Annotated Bibliography of 7,000 books in 30 Languages. 1966. (DK 266 H255 1966).

 

Kehr, Helen. The Nazi Era, 1919-1945: A Select Bibliography of Published Works from the Early Roots to 1980. 1982. (DD 253.25 K4 1982).

 

Lee, Loyd E. World War II in Asia and the Pacific and the War’s aftermath, with General Themes: A Handbook of Literature and Research. 1998. (Ref D 767 W67 1998).

        Both of Lee’s works offer extensive coverage with subject guides followed by bibliographies.

 

Lee, Loyd E., ed. World War II in Europe, Africa, and the Americas, With General Sources: A Handbook of Literature and Research. 1997. (Ref D 743.42 W67 1997).

 

Madden, Paul. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Epoch: An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Works on the Origins, Nature, and Structure of the Nazi State. 1998. (Ref DD 247 H5 M33 1998).

 

Norton, Mary B., ed.  The American Historical Association’s Guide to Historical Literature. 3^rd ed. 1995. 2 vol. (Ref D 20 A55 1995).

 

Rees, Philip. Fascism and Pre-Fascism in Europe, 1890-1945: A Bibliography of the Extreme Right. 1984. (D 726.5 R44 1984).

 

Robbins, Keith. A Bibliography of British History, 1914-1989. 1996. (Ref DA 566 R62 1996).

 

Ryan, Duane. The War in the Pacific: General Reference Works Bibliography. 1978. (Gov Doc D 114.14:16/v.2).

 

Smith, Myron J. World War II at Sea: A Bibliography of Sources in English. 3 vol. 1976. (D 770 W8 S57).

 

Stachura, Peter D. The Weimar Era and Hitler, 1918-1933: A Critical Bibliography. (Ref  and stacks DD 237 S74 1977).

 

Stewart, William J. The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Selected Bibliography of Periodical, Essay and Dissertation Literature, 1945-1971. [1974]. (E 806 S798 1974).

 

Woods, Frederick. A Bibliography of the Works of Sir Winston Churchill, …. 1963. (DA 566.9 C5 Z866 1963).

 

World War II from an American Perspective: An Annotated Bibliography. 1983. (Ref D 743 W67 1983).

 

Writings on American History. 1902-1961. annual. (Ref E 178 L331).

        For the years indexed this source offers exhaustive coverage. Books, essays in books, dissertations, journal articles, etc. are indexed. A cumulative index for 1902-1940 is available. Not published 1941-1947.              

 

Ziegler, Janet. World War II: Books in English, 1945-65. [1971]. (D 743 Z5).

 

C.            Dictionaries/Encyclopedias

 

Baudot, Marcel, ed. The Historical Encyclopedia of World War II. 1980. (Ref D 740 E5213).

 

Benz, Wolfgang, ed. Encyclopedia of German Resistance to the Nazi Movement. 1997. (Ref DD 256.5 L51313 1997).

 

Cannistraro, Philip V., ed. Historical Dictionary of Fascist Italy. 1982. (Ref DG 571 A1 H57 1982).

 

Dear, I.C.B., ed. The Oxford Companion to World War II. 1995. (Ref D 740 O94 1995).

 

Goralski, Robert. World War II Almanac, 1931-1945: A Political and Military Record. 1981. (Ref D 743.5 G64 1984).

 

Gordon, Bertram M. Historical Dictionary of World War II France: The Occupation, Vichy, and the Resistance, 1938-1946. 1998. (Ref DC 397 H58 1998).

 

Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History. 1976-    . (Ref DK 14 M6).

 

Langer, Howard J., ed. World War II: an Encyclopedia of Quotations. 1999. (Ref D 744 W67 1999).

 

Sandler, Stanley, ed. World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia. 2001. (Ref D 767 W68 2001).

 

Sharpe, Michael. Aircraft of World War II: A Visual Encyclopedia. 2001. (Ref UG 1240 S532 2001).

 

Snyder, Louis L. Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. 1976. (Ref DD 256.5 S57).

 

Snyder, Louis L. Louis L. Snyder’s Historical Guide to World War II. 1982. (Ref D 740 S65 1982).

 

Zabecki, David T., ed. World War II in Europe: An Encyclopedia. 1999. 2 vol. (Ref D 740 W67 1999).

 

Zentner, Christian, ed. The Encyclopedia of the Third Reich. 2 vol. 1991. (Ref DD 256.5 G76313 1991).

 

D.             Biographical Sources

American National Biography.  1999.  24 vol.  (Ref Ct213 .A68 1999).

Available online at /databases/list.html

        Standard biographical dictionary for deceased Americans. 

 

Boatner, Mark M. Biographical Dictionary of World War II. 1996. (Ref D 736 B63 1996).

 

The Dictionary of National Biography, Founded in 1882 …. 1885-    . (Ref DA 28 D4 1967).

                This standard biographical source is updated regularly. It covers deceased individuals of British origin.

 

Tunney, Christopher. Biographical Dictionary of World War II. [1972]. (Ref D 736 T8).

 

E.                     Primary Sources

 

This section highlights primary sources in Carrier Library. Additional primary sources are included in sections below, e.g. Pictorial Works, Pearl Harbor, Atomic Bomb, Holocaust Studies, War Crimes Trials.  See the section LEO (below) for additional ideas on locating primary source titles.

 

Adamthwaite, Anthony P. The Making of the Second World War. 2^nd ed. 1979. (D 741 A32 1979).

 

Berlin, Isaiah. Washington Despatches, 1941-1945: Weekly Political Reports from the British Embassy. 1981. (D 769.1 B47 1981).

 

Buchanan, Albert R., ed. The United States and World War II: Military and Diplomatic Documents. [1972]. (D 769 B82 1972).

 

Churchill, Winston. Churchill & Roosevelt: The Complete Correspondence. 1984. 3 vol. (DA 566.9 C5 A4 1984).

 

Churchill, Winston. The Churchill War Papers. 2 vol. 1993-    . (D 771 C513 1993).

 

Churchill, Winston. The Dawn of Liberation: War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. 1945. (D 742 G7 C524).

 

Churchill, Winston. The End of the Beginning: War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. 1943. (D 742 G7 C53).

 

Churchill, Winston. Secret Session Speeches, by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. [1946]. (D 742 G7 C5597 1946a).

 

Churchill, Winston. The Speeches of Winston Churchill. 1990. (Media Resources. Videotape no. 5481).

 

Churchill, Winston. The Unrelenting Struggle: War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. [1942]. (D 742 G7 C559 1942a).

 

Churchill, Winston. Victory: War Speeches by the Right Hon. Winston S. Churchill. 1946. (D 742 G7 C5593).

 

Churchill, Winston. Winston S Churchill: His Complete Speeches, 1897-1963. 1974. 8 vol. (DA 566.9 C5 A38).

 

Conference on Research on the Second World War (1971: Washington, D.C.) World War II: An Account of its Documents. 1976. (D 743.42 C66 1971).

 

Cook, Haruko T. Japan at War: an Oral History. 1992. (D 811 A2 C62 1992).

 

Donitz, Karl. Memoirs, a Documentary of the Nazi Twilight. [1959]. (D 781 D613 1961).

 

Eisenhower, Dwight D. The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower. 1970-    . 9 vol. (E 742.5 E37 1970).

 

France During the German Occupation, 1940-1944: A Collection of 292 Statements on the Government of Marechal Petain and Pierre Lavel. [1958-59]. 3 vol. (DC 397 V523).

 

Gaulle, Charles de. The Complete War Memoirs of Charles de Gaulle, 1940-1946. 1955. (D 761 G3733 1984).

 

Gaulle, Charles de. Speeches of General de Gaulle. 1944. (D 761 G38).

 

Gaulle, Charles de. War Memoirs. 1955-60. 3 vol. (D 761 G3733).

 

Germany. Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. Blitzkrieg to Defeat: Hitler’s War Directives, 1939-1945. [1964]. (D 735 A1 G45).

 

Germany. Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. Hitler Directs His War; the Secret Record of His Daily Military Conferences, …. 1950. (D 757 A5 1950).

 

Germany. Oberkommando der Wehrmacht. Hitler’s War Directives, 1939-1945. 1964. (D 735 A1 1964).

 

Gilbert, James, L., ed. U.S. Army Signals Intelligence in World War II: A Documentary History. 1993. (Gov Doc D 114.2:SI2).

 

Goebbels, Joseph. Final Entries, 1945: The Diaries of Joseph Goebbels…. 1978. (DD 247 G6 A2913 1978).

 

Goebbels, Joseph. The Goebbels Diaries, 1939-1941. 1982. (DD 247 G6 A2913 1983).

 

Great Britain. Foreign Office. Documents on British Foreign Policy, 1919-1939. 1946-    . (DA 566.7 A18).

 

Grew, Joseph C. Ten Years in Japan, a Contemporary Record Drawn from the Diaries and Private and Official Papers of Joseph C Grew, United States Ambassador to Japan, 1932-1942. 1944. (DS 849 U6 G7).

 

Hansen, Harold A., ed. Fighting for Freedom: Historic Documents, selected and edited, with Interpretive Comments. [1947]. (D 735 H3).

 

Hassell, Ulrich von. The Von Hassell Diaries, 1938-1944: The Story of the Forces Against Hitler Inside Germany, as Recorded by Ambassador Ulrich von Hassell, a Leader of the Movement. 1947. (DD 247 H33 A315).

 

Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf, Complete and Unabridged, Fully Annotated. [1939]. (DD 247 H5 A33 1940).

 

Hitler, Adolf. Secret Conversations, 1941-1944…. [1953]. (DD 247 H5 A685 1953a).

 

Hitler, Adolf. The Speeches of Adolf Hitler. 1990. (Media Resources. Videotape no. 5477).

                An anthology of Hitler’s speeches. In German with English subtitles.

 

Hitler, Adolf. The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, April 1922-August 1919; …. 1969. 2 vol. (DD 247 H5 A73 1969).

 

Hohlfeld, Johannes. Deutsche Reichsgeschichte in Documenten 1849-1934: …. 1972. 4 vol. (DD 217 H6 1972).

 

Ike, Nobutaka. Japan’s Decision for War; Records of the 1941 Policy Conferences. 1967. (D 754 J3 I4).

 

Jacobsen, Hans-Adolf. World War II, Policy and Strategy: Selected Documents with Commentary. 1979. (D 735 W65).

 

Lidz, Richard. Voices of World War II. 1975. 12 cassette tapes. (Media Resources. Audiotape no. 197-208).

 

Marshall, Chester. Final Assault on the Rising Sun: Combat Diaries of B-29 Air Crews Over Japan. [1995]. (D 790 M37 1993).

 

Mauriac, Claude. The Other de Gaulle: Diaries, 1944-1954. [1973]. (DC 373 G3 M36713).

 

Meyer, Henry C., comp. The Long Generation: Germany from Empire to Ruin, 1913-1945. [1973]. (DD 232.5 M47).

 

Moltke, Helmuth J. Letters to Freya: 1939-1945. 1990. (DD 247 M6 A413 1990).

 

Mussolini, Benito. The Fall of Mussolini, His Own Story. [1948]. (DG 575 M8 A542).

 

Mussolini, Benito. My Autobiography, by Benito Mussolini. 1928. (DG 575 M8 A2 1928).

 

Nicholas, H.G., ed. Washington Despatches, 1941-1945: Weekly Political Reports from the British Embassy. 1981. (D 769.1 B47 1981).

 

Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States. 1958-    . annual. (J 80 A283).

                The volumes for Harry Truman include coverage of World War II.

 

Remak, Joachim. The Nazi Years: A Documentary History. [1969]. (DD 256.5 R43).

 

Roosevelt, Franklin D. Complete Presidential Press Conferences of Franklin D. Roosevelt. 25 vol. 1972. (E 806 R7424 1972).

 

Roosevelt, Franklin D. The Press Conferences of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933-1945, at the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. 2^nd ed. 1971. (Microform Area. Microfilm no. 593-604).

 

Roosevelt, Franklin D. The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt, With a Special Introduction and Explanatory Notes by President Roosevelt …. [1950]. 13 vol. (E 806 R749).

 

Roosevelt, Franklin D. The Roosevelt Letters, Being the Personal Correspondence of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. [1949-1952]. 3 vol. (E 807 R649 A4).

Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Foreign Policy, 1933-1941; Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Unedited Speeches and Messages. [1942]. (E 744 R78).

 

Roosevelt, Franklin D. The Speeches of Franklin D. Roosevelt. [1990]. (Media Resources. Videotape no. 5478).

Roosevelt, Franklin D. Wartime Correspondence Between President Roosevelt and Pope Pius XII, …. 1947. (D 753 R69).

 

Russia (1923-U.S.S.R.) Komissiia po izdaniiu diplomaticheskikh dokumentov. Correspondence Between the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the U.S.S.R. and the Presidents of the U.S.A. and the Prime Ministers of Great Britain During the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. 1957. 2 vol. (D 735 R853).

 

Siracusa, Joseph M., ed. The American Diplomatic Revolution: A Documentary History of the Cold War, 1941-1947. 1977. (D 753 A76 1977).

 

Snyder, Louis L., ed. Hitler’s Third Reich: A Documentary History. 1981. (DD 256.5 H536).

 

Soviet Union. Posolstvo (U.S.). Soviet War Documents: Addresses, Notes, Orders of the Day, Statements. 1943. (D 735 R9 1943).

 

Speer, Albert. Inside the Third Reich: Memoirs. 1970. (DD 247 S63 A313 1981).

 

Stalin, Joseph. Stalin’s Correspondence with Roosevelt and Truman, 1941-1945. 1965. (D 735 R853 1965).

 

Survey of International Affairs. 1920/23-1963. annual. (D 442 S8).

                Carrier Library has the years 1920-1923, 1938-1953 and 1955-1963.

 

Ugaki, Matome. Fading Victory: the Diary of Admiral Matome Ugaki, 1941-1945. 1991. (D 777 U3513 1991).

United States. Department of  State. The Axis in Defeat: a Collection of Documents on American Policy Toward Germany and Japan. [1945]. (D 735 U6 A53 1945a).

 

United States. Department of State. Foreign Relations of the United States. 1861-    . (Ref,   Circulating, and Microform Collections. JX 233 A3).

                The standard American primary source for diplomatic papers. Available in the microform area from 1861-1942. Available in print format from 1942 to date. An index to the World War II years is in reference, Ref JX 233 A3 supp. This two-volume work is entitled The Cumulated Index to the U.S. Department of State Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1939-1945.

 

United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff. Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Part 1, 1942-1945; …. 1942-1945. (Microform Area. Microfilm no. 716-722).

                A print guide for this series entitled “A Guide to Records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Part 1, 1942-1945; Meetings” is in the Microform Area, call number UA 24 A56 1942-45.

 

United States. War Department. General Staff. Biennial Reports of the Chief of Staff of the United States Army to the Secretary of War: 1 July 1939-30 June 1945. 1996. (Gov Doc D 114.2:SE2/2).

 

F.                     General Histories

 

Most the following volumes are official histories published by the British and United States governments.

 

[Choi, Chungmoo, ed.]. Comfort Women: Colonialism, War, and Sex. 1997. (D 810 C698 C64 1997).

 

Craven, Wesley F., ed. The Army Air Forces in World War II. [1948-1958]. 7 vol. (D 790 A47).

                A second set of this title is in Gov Docs, D 301.82.

 

Hayes, Grace P. The History of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in World War II: the War Against Japan. 1982. (D 769.1 H39 1982).

 

Hinsley, Francis H. British Intelligence in the Second World War: Its Influence on Strategy and Operations. 1979-[1984]. 3 vol. in 4. (D 810 S7 H56).

             

History of the Second World War; United Kingdom Military Series. 1954-1961. 3 vol. in 4. (D 771 R68).

 

Iriye, Akira. The Origins of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific. 1987. (D 742 J3 I75 1987).            

 

Liddell Hart, Basil H. History of the Second World War. 1970. 2 vol.  (D 743 L514 1972).

 

Mussolini, Benito. Fascism: Doctrine and Institutions. 1968. (DD 571 M764 1968).

 

United States Army in World War II. in process. (D 769 A533).

                This is the official U.S. government series. It has a number of subdivisions including “The European Theater of Operations.” A master index to the set is available at Ref D 769 A533 Index no. 2).

 

Woodward, Ernest L. British Foreign Policy in the Second World War. 1970-    . 5 vol. (D 750 W62).

                

G.                    Atlases/Maps

 

Freeman, Michael, ed. Atlas of Nazi Germany. 1987. (Ref DD 256.5 F73354 1987).

 

Goodenough, Simon. War Maps: World War II, from September 1939 to August 1945, Air, Sea, and Land, Battle by Battle. 1982. (G 1038 G65 1982).

 

Messenger, Charles. The Chronological Atlas of World War Two. 1989. (Ref D 743.5 M47 1989).

 

Pimlott, John. The Historical Atlas of World War II. 1995. (Ref G 1038 P55 1995).

 

Young, Peter. The Cassell Atlas of the Second World War. 1999. (Ref G 1038 C37 1999).

 

The Times Atlas of the Second World War. 1989. (Ref G 1038 T6 1989).

 

H.                  Historiography

 

Evans, Richard J. In Hitler’s Shadow: West German Historians and the Attempt to Escape from the Nazi Past. 1989. (DD 256.5 E92 1989).

 

Keegan, John. The Battle for History: Re-fighting World War II. 1996. (D 743.42 K42 1996).

 

Maier, Charles S. The Unmastered Past: History, Holocaust, and German National Identity. 1988. (D 804.3 M35 1988).

 

Nelson, Keith L. Why War:: Ideology, Theory and History. 1979. (U 21 N39).

 

I.              Pictorial Works

 

Dollinger, Hans. The Decline and Fall of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan; A Pictorial History of the Final Days of World War II. [1968]. (D 755.7 D613).

 

Goldstein, Donald M. Rain of Ruin: a Photographic History of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 1995. (D 767.25 H6 G65 1995).

 

Grunfeld, Frederic V. The Hitler File: A Social History of Germany and the Nazis, 1918-1945. [1974]. (DD 256.5 G79 1974).

 

Life Goes to War: A Picture History of World War II. 1977. (Oversize D 743.2 L483).

 

Lorant, Stefan. Sieg Heil! (Hail to Victory) an Illustrated History of Germany from Bismarck to Hitler. [1974]. (DD 232 L67 1974).

 

Pictorial History of the Second World War; A Photographic Record of All Theaters of Action Chronologically Arranged. 2 vol. 1944-1949. (D 743.2 P5).

 

Picture History of World War II. 1950. (Oversize D 743.2 L48).

 

U.S. Camera. 1935-    . annual. (TR 1 U5).

                The annuals for 1944 and 1945 have the title “The U.S.A. at War.”

 

World War II. n.d. (Media Resources. Multimedia CD 56).

                Three CDs with pictures and other images from the National Archives.

 

World War II. 1995. (Media Resources. Multimedia CD 134).

                Two CDs with pictures, film footage, and maps of World War II.

 

J.                Pearl Harbor

 

Goldstein, Donald M., ed. The Pearl Harbor Papers: Inside the Japanese Plans. 1993. (D 767.92 P397 1993).

 

Trefousse, Hans L. What Happened at Pearl Harbor? Documents Pertaining to the Japanese Attack of December 7, 1941, and its Background. [1958]. (D 767.92 T7).

 

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack. Pearl Harbor Attack. Hearings. Seventy-ninth Congress, First [-second] Session, pursuant to S. Con. Res. 27 …. [1972]. 39 vol. in 20. (KF 25 P4 1945a).

 

United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack. Report of the Joint Committee on the Investigation of the Pearl Harbor Attack. Including the Minority Report. 1972. (D 767.92 A53 1972).

 

Worth, Roland H., Jr. Pearl Harbor: Selected Testimonies, Fully Indexed, from the Congressional Hearings (1945-1946) and Prior Investigations of the Events Leading Up to the Attack. 1993. (D 767.92 W67 1993).

 

K.      Atomic Bomb

 

Else, Jon. The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb. 1995. (Media Resources and EML. CD 93).

 

Ferrell, Robert H., ed. Harry S. Truman and the Bomb: a Documentary History. 1996. (E 814 A42 1996).

 

Gosling, Francis G. The Manhattan Project: Making the Atomic Bomb. 1994. (Gov Doc Microforms. Microfiche: E 1.121:0096).

 

Hawkins, David. Manhattan District History – Project Y, the Los Alamos Project. [1961]. (QC 773 A1 H38).

 

Oppenheimer, J. Robert. Robert Oppenheimer, Letters and Recollections. 1980. (QC 16 O62 A4 1980).

 

Osada, Arata, comp. Children of the A-bomb, the Testament of the Boys and Girls of Hiroshima. [1959]. (D 767.25 H6 O813 1963).

 

Sanger, S.L. Working on the Bomb: an Oral History of WWII Hanford. 1995. (QC 773.3 U5 S27 1995).

 

Trumbull, Robert. Nine Who Survived Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Personal Experiences of Nine Men Who Lived Through the Atomic Bombings. 1957. (D 811.5 T78).

 

United States. Atomic Energy Commission. In the Matter of J. Robert Oppenheimer; Transcript of Hearing Before Personnel Security Board, Washington, D.C., April 12, 1954 Through May 6, 1954. 1954. (QC 16 O62 U5).

 

L.             Holocaust Studies

 

Arad, Yitzhak, ed. Documents on the Holocaust: Selected Sources on the Destruction of the Jews of Germany and Austria, Poland, and the Soviet Union. 1981. (D 810 J4 D63).

 

Bavier, Richard, ed. The Study of Judaism; Bibliographical Essays. [1972]. (BM 70 S8).

               One chapter is an essay on the holocaust.

 

Bradsher, Greg. A Finding Aid to Records at the National Archives at College Park: For the Interagency Group on Nazi Assets. [1997].  http://www.state.gov/www/regions/eur/nginv.pdf).

 

Edelheit, Abraham J. Bibliography on Holocaust Literature. 1986. (Ref D 810 J4 E33 1986).

               A 1990 supplement is available at the same call number.

 

Edelheit, Abraham J. History of the Holocaust: A Handbook and Dictionary. 1994. (Ref D 804.3 E33 1994).

 

Gilbert, Martin. Atlas of the Holocaust. 1993. (Ref G 1797.21 E29 G58 1993).

 

Griffiths, David B. A Critical Bibliography of Writings on Judaism. 2 vol. 1989. (Ref BM 155.2 G75 1988).

                Volume two contains the holocaust bibliography.

 

Gutman, Israel, ed. The Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. 1990. 4 vol. (Ref D 804.3 E53 1990).

 

Hilberg, Raul, comp. Documents of Destruction: Germany and Jewry, 1933-1945. 1971. (D 810 J4 H52).

 

Historical Atlas of the Holocaust. 1996. (Ref G 1797.21 E29 H5 1996).

 

Klee, Ernst, ed. “The Good Old Days”:  The Holocaust as Seen by its Perpetrators and Bystanders. 1991. (D 804.3 S3613 1991).

 

Laqueur, Walter. The Holocaust Encyclopedia. 2001. (Ref D 804.25 H66 2001).

 

Robinson, Jacob. Guide to Jewish History Under Nazi Impact. 1973 reprint of the 1960 ed. (Ref D 810 J4 R56 1973).

 

Saari, Peggy. The Holocaust and World War II Almanac. 2001. 3 vol. (Ref D 804.17 H65 2001).

 

Szajkowski, Zosa. An Illustrated Sourcebook on the Holocaust. 3 vol. 1977-1979. (D 810 J4 S933).

 

Szonyi, David M., ed. The Holocaust: An Annotated Bibliography and Resource Guide. 1985. (D 810 J4 H6 1985).

 

[United States. Department of State], Bureau of Public Affairs, Office of the Historian. U.S. and Allied Efforts to Recover and Restore Gold and Other Assets Stolen or Hidden by Germany During World War II: Preliminary Study. 1997. (Gov Doc S 1.2:G56/Prelim).

                This title, along with the titles noted here, examines American efforts to locate gold stolen during World War II, mostly from Holocaust victims.   Additional sources include an appendix in Gov Docs at  S 1.2:G56/Prelim/App (which is a “Finding Aid to Records at the National Archives at College Park”) and a supplement to this study in Gov Docs at 

S 1.2:G56/Supp.

 

Young, James E. Writing and Rewriting the Holocaust: Narrative and the Consequences of Interpretation. 1988. (D 810 J4 Y58 1988).

 

M.            War Crimes Trials

 

International Military Tribunal. Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression, Opinion and Judgment. Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. 1947. (D 804 G42 A42).

 

International Military Tribunal. The Trial of German Major War Criminals; Proceedings of the International Military Tribunal Sitting at Nuremberg, Germany, 20^th November, 1945 to [1^st October , 1946] Taken from the Official Transcript. 1946-1951. (D 804 G42 I52).

 

International Military Tribunals for the Far East. Tokyo War Crimes Trials Index to Documents 1 – 2969 and 4000 to 4094, Numerical List of IPS Documents Introduced as Court Exhibits. rev. ed. [1960?]. (Microform Area. Microfilm no. 605).

 

Piccigallo, Philip R. The Japanese to Trial: Allied War Crimes Operations in the East, 1945-1951. 1979. (JX 5438.8 P5).

 

The Tokyo War Crimes Trial: an International Symposium. 1986. (JX 5438.8 T66 1986).

 

United States. Chief of Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression. 8 vol. 1946. (D 804 G42 A4 with supplements A and B.

 

N.      Treaties

 

Conference for Conclusion and Signature of Treaty of Peace with Japan. 1951. Record of Proceedings. [1951]. (D 814.8 C55 1951).

 

Friedman, Leon, comp. The Law of War, a Documentary History. 1972. 2 vol. (JX 4505 F7).

 

Hackworth, Green H. Digest of International Law. 1940-1944. 8 vol. (Gov Doc S 7.12).

 

Israel, Fred L., comp. Major Peace Treaties of Modern History, 1648-1967. 1967-1980. 5 vol. (Ref JX 121 I8).

 

United States. Department of State. Making the Peace Treaties, 1941-1947; a History of the Making of the Peace Beginning with the Atlantic Charter, the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences, and Culminating in the Drafting of Peace Treaties with Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary, Rumania, and Finland. 1947. (D 814 U52 1947).

 

United States. Treaties, etc. Treaties and Other International Agreements of the United States of America, 1776-1949. 1968-1976. 13 vol. (Ref JX 236 1968 A5).

                The definitive edition of treaties for the years covered. It is cited as Bevans after the editor, Charles I. Bevans.

 

O.            United Nations

 

Schnapper, Morris B., ed. United Nations Agreements. [1944]. (Ref D 735 S34).

 

[United Nations]. War and Peace Aims. 1943-1946. (D 735 U51 no. 4).

                Seven volumes in one. This contains “Extracts from statements of United Nations leaders.”.

 

World Peace Foundation. The United Nations in the Making: Basic Documents. 1945. (D 735

W6).

 

P.             Directories

 

                Associations Unlimited.   Available online at /databases/list.html

 

Q.           Speeches

               

               Vital Speeches of the Day. 1936-    . (Periodical)

Full indexing available online at /databases/list.html.  Connect to Wilson OmniFile Mega Full Text and check off Readers' Guide Retro and OmniFile Full Text Mega to search back to 1934.
(The speech texts are in a periodical; see Periodical Locator)

 

R.               Dissertations

 

Dissertation Abstracts. Available online.

 

S.               Public Opinion

 

The Gallup Poll: Public Opinion 1935-71. 1972. 3 vol. (Ref HN 90 P8 G3).

 

T.              Oral History

 

Carrier Library has a number of oral history/interview titles. To find, do a Word search using, for example: 

                oral history war

                oral war interviews

 

U.          Government Publications.

Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications.  (1939-   )  (US Docs)

GPO Monthly Catalog.  (1976-   )  Available online.

Index to U.S. Government Periodicals (1970-1987)  (Ref Abstract/Index Table 1)

V.                Searching for Books.

 

               LEO

 

LEO is the online catalog for JMU's holdings. There are many ways to search for World War II titles. The following are examples using Library of Congress Subject Headings, which can be used for most academic libraries in the U.S.   An excellent way to start is to perform a word search. After finding appropriate titles note the subject headings and use them for subsequent searches.  

To locate primary sources, use the keywords, "sources," "correspondence," "diaries," "memoir," or "personal narrative" along with the subject keywords.  For example, a search on "Churchill and correspondence" will return records describing books that contain Churchill's letters.