Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Abbreviations -- PART I General Histories and the International Background -- 1 Histories of the War in Europe and the Pacific -- 2 The Origins of the War in Europe -- PART II Research Aids, Sources, and Bibliographies -- 3 Reference Works: Bibliographies, Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Atlases, and Chronologies -- 4 Primary Published Sources and Published Documents -- 5 World War II Battlefields and Museums -- 6 Personal Narratives of War Leaders -- 7 Personal Narratives of Sailors, Soldiers, and Civilians -- PART III The European and Mediterranean- North African Theaters of the War -- 8 The German Onslaught, 1939- 1940 -- 9 North Africa and the Mediterranean Theater, 1939- 1945 -- 10 The Soviet- German War, 1941- 1945 -- 11 The Battle of the Atlantic -- 12 Grand Strategy and the "Second Front'' Debate -- 13 Anglo- American Strategy and Command in Northwest Europe, 1944- 1945 -- 14 The Anglo- American Bombing Campaign in Europe -- 15 British and American Logistics -- PART IV The War Behind the Lines -- 16 Intelligence: Code Breaking, Espionage, Deception, and Special Operations -- 17 German Occupation of Europe, the Axis "New Order," and Collaboration -- 18 Resistance Movements in Europe -- 19 Prisoners of War and Civilian Internees: The European and Mediterranean Theaters -- 20 The Holocaust -- PART V War and Society in Europe and the English- Speaking World -- 21 Comparative Economic Mobilization in World War II -- 22 The War and Social Change in Allied Lands, Occupied Europe, and the English-Speaking World -- 23 Women in World War II -- 24 Refugees, Displaced Persons, and Migration as a Consequence of World War II -- 25 The Domestic Impact of War and Occupation on Germany -- PART VI The Colonial Heritage and the War -- 26 World War II and Latin America -- 27 World War II and the Middle East.

28 The War and the British Commonwealth -- 29 Sub- Saharan Africa -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- About the Editor and Contributors.