Bombs away!; representing the air war over Europe and Japan.9789042017597 Bombs away!; representing the air war over Europe Europe (y  r`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). and Japan.
Ed. by Wilfried Wilms und William William, crown prince of Germany William or Frederick William, 1882–1951, crown prince of Germany, son of William II. In World War I he commanded (1914) an army on the Western Front and was nominal commander in the German attack Rasch. Editions Rodopi 2006 404 pages $103.00 Hardcover Amsterdamer Beitrage zur neueren Germanistik; 60 D744 While less discussed than German and Japanese war crimes Japanese war crimes occurred during the period of Japanese imperialism. Asian Holocaust and Japanese war atrocities, are also used for these war crimes. Some war crimes were committed by military personnel from the Empire of Japan in the late 19th century, although , the Allied air bombing campaigns rained horrific hor·rif·ic adj. Causing horror; terrifying. [Latin horrificus : horr  re, to tremble + -ficus, -fic. death and destruction upon
civilians. In this volume, Wilms (U. of Denver) and Rasch (Indiana Indiana, state, United StatesIndiana, midwestern state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Lake Michigan and the state of Michigan (N), Ohio (E), Kentucky, across the Ohio R. (S), and Illinois (W). U.) present 23 papers that explore how the bombing campaigns have been represented in text and film and what those representations reveal about memory, narrative, and history. While perspectives on opposing sides of the conflict are provided, the focus is primarily concentrated on representations of the bombing campaign over Germany. Six of the contributions are in the German language. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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