Reference

摘要

History's deadliest war continues to interest researchers and casual readers alike. Axelrod (Encyclopedia of the American Armed Forces), along with retired U.S. Army Col. Jack A. Kingston as consulting editor, selected for this two-volume set topics he believes most likely to be addressed in classrooms and of interest to general readers. Each of the more than 700 A-to-Z cross-referenced entries-some less than a page, some many pages long-concludes with a list of recommended books for further reading. Controversies such as the firebombing of Dresden and Japanese Emperor Hirohito's culpability in wartime atrocities are objectively addressed. The entry on Hitler does not bother with possible psychological explana- tions for his actions, while entries on Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh, figures we tend to associate with later events, explain what they had to do with this war.