02098nam a2200337 a 4500 ebr10514885 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 110602s2011 ctuaf sb 001 0 eng d 2011021435 9780300154450 9780300154467 (e-book) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)773476361 n-us--- D743 .M365 2011eb 940.53 23 Mawdsley, Evan, 1945- December 1941 [electronic resource] : twelve days that began a world war / Evan Mawdsley. New Haven : Yale University Press, 2011. ix, 347, [16] p. of plates : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1 December: Japan, Germany, and the coming world war -- 1 December: the fight to the death in Russia -- 1 December: London, Libya, and the dangers of the Far East -- 1 December: Washington, magic, and the Japanese peril -- 2 December: two doomed battleships in Singapore -- 3 December: the president's secret promise -- 4 December: Hitler and Japan's war of conquest -- 5 December: the lull before two storms -- 6 December: General Zhukov throws in his armies -- 7 December: date of infamy: Japan's undeclared wars in Malaya and Hawaii -- 8 December: the beginning of the end of the British empire -- 9 December: FDR begins the American century -- 10 December: Force 'Z' and the Malayan tragedy -- 11 December: Hitler's war on America -- 12 December: world war and the destruction of the Jews -- Aftermath: the new war and a new world. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. World War, 1939-1945. World War, 1939-1945 United States. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10514885 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 122316 122316