The New York Times complete World War II, 1939-1945 : the coverage from the battlefields to the home front

Summary: Experience the history, politics, and tragedy of World War II as never before seen through the original, often first-hand daily reportage of The New York Times. The Times's complete coverage of the war is now available for the first time in this unique package.

Record details

ISBN: 9781579129446 (hbk.)
ISBN: 1579129447 (hbk.)
Physical Description: print
optical disc
xiii, 611 pages : illustrations, maps ; 31 cm + 1 DVD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Publisher: New York : Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, [2013]
Distributor: New York : Workman Publishing Company
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	"Includes DVD with 98,367 New York Times articles."--Jacket page 1. Includes index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (page xiii) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Reich troops jam road to Poland, 1919-1939 -- Can the United States keep out of war?, September-October 1939 -- Fighting in the West is at a standstill, November 1939-March 1940 -- The sun also sinks, April-June 1940 -- Britain is defiant, July-September 1940 -- Hitler will decide law of new Europe, October-December 1940 -- A call to nation, January-May 1941 -- Nazis try the blitz on Russians, June-July 1941 -- Aim of President is war, August-November 1941 -- Japanese attack unites America, November-December 1941 -- Million women are needed for war, January-February 1942 -- Lidice, Illinois, March-June 1942 -- Red Verdun holds, July-September 1942 -- Himmler program kills Polish Jews, October 1942-January 1943 -- War on all fronts, February-May 1943 -- Eisenhower rubs his seven luck-pieces, June-July 1943 -- Russia still asks for second front, August-September 1943 -- Three men of destiny, October-December 1943 -- The doughboy's grim route to Rome, January-May 1944 -- This is the Europe we came to free, June-July 1944 -- Patton lashes out, August-September 1944 -- Nuts, October-December 1944 -- Japanese expected to win, poll finds, January-March 1945 -- Germans capitulate on all fronts, April-May 1945 -- New age ushered, June-September 1945 -- Atom blast in Russia disclosed, 1945-1949.