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Reference Sources, by War

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General
The almanac of world military power Reference Coll : UA15 .D9 1980
American naval history : an illustrated chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-present Reference Coll :VA58.4 .S94 1984
Atlas of military strategy Reference Coll : G1035 .C49
Atlas stratégique. English Reference Coll : G1046.F1 C513 1985
Brassey's encyclopedia of military history and biography Reference Coll : U24 .B73 1994
Dictionnaire d'art et d'histoire militaires. English Reference Coll : U24 .D4913 1994
Dictionary of American military biography Reference Coll : U52 .D53 1984
A dictionary of battles Reference Coll : D25.A2 Y68 1978
Dictionary of military and naval quotations Reference Coll : U19 .H4
Dictionary of the modern United States military Reference Coll : UA23 .T647 1996
The Dictionary of war quotations Reference Coll : PN6089.W3 D54 1989
The Dictionary of wars Reference Coll : D25.A2 K63 1999
Dictionary of weapons and military terms Reference Coll : U24 .Q5
Directory of military bases in the U.S. Reference Coll : UA26.A2 D57 1995
Encyclopedia of historic forts Reference Coll : UA26 .A45 1987
Encyclopedia eastern Europe: from the congress of Vienna to the fall of communism Reference Coll : DJK6 .E53 2000
Encyclopedia of invasions and conquests from ancient times to the present Reference Coll : D25.A2 D38 1996
Encyclopedia of the American military Reference Coll : UA23 .E56 1994
Encyclopedia of wars Reference Coll : D25.A2 P49 2005
Europe since 1945: an encyclopedia Reference Coll : D1058 .E8754 2001
The Facts on File dictionary of military science Reference Coll : U24 .S47 1989
A guide to the military posts of the United States, 1789-1895 Reference Coll : UA26.A6 P7
The Harper encyclopedia of military biography Reference Coll : U51 .D87 1992
The Harper encyclopedia of military history : from 3500 BC to the present Reference Coll : D25 .D86 1993
The Illustrated encyclopedia of 20th century weapons and war Reference Coll : U24 .I45
International military and defense encyclopedia Reference Coll : U24 .I58 1993
Medal of Honor recipients, 1863-1994 Reference Coll : UB433 .L36 1995
Military dictionary Reference Coll : U24 .S42 1968
The Oxford companion to military history Reference Coll : D25.A2 O94 2001
The Penguin encyclopedia of weapons and military technology Reference Coll : U800 .M15 1993
U.S. defense and military fact book Reference Coll : UA23.6 .B67 1991
United States intelligence : an encyclopedia Reference Coll : JK468.I6 U57 1990
Warfare in the classical world : an illustrated encyclopedia Reference Coll : U33 .W37
The West Point atlas of American Wars Reference Coll : G1201.S1 U5 1959
Women and the military : an encyclopedia Reference Coll : U21.75 .S54 1996
A world atlas of military history Reference Coll : G1030 .B27 1973
A world record of major conflict areas Reference Coll : D842 .M86 1990
The Nuclear almanac : confronting the atom in war and peace Reference Coll : UG1282.A8 N9 1984
Civil War
The American Civil War : a handbook of literature and research Reference Coll : E256 .A47 1996
The atlas of the Civil War Reference Coll : G1201.S5 A85 1994
Biographical dictionary of the Confederacy Reference Coll : E467 .W2
Campaign atlas to The American Civil War [map] Reference Coll : G3701.S5 C34
The Civil War almanac Reference Coll : E468.3 .C58 1983
Civil War collector's encyclopedia; arms, uniforms, and equipment of the Union and Confederacy Reference Coll : UC23 1861-65 .L6
The Civil War dictionary Reference Coll : E468 .B7
Generals in gray; lives of the Confederate commanders Reference Coll : E467 .W3
The historical atlas of the Congresses of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865 Reference Coll : G1281.F8 M3 1994
The official atlas of the Civil War Reference Coll : G1201.S5 U6 1958
The official military atlas of the Civil War Reference Coll : G1201.S5 U62 1983b
The Union Army, 1861-1865 : organization and operations Reference Coll : E491 .W43 1989
Encyclopedia of the Confederacy Reference Coll : E487 .E55 1993
World War I
The dictionary of the First World War Reference Coll : D510 .P66 1996
The historical atlas of World War I Reference Coll : G1037 .L55 1994
A military atlas of the First World War Reference Coll : G1037 .B35
Campaign atlas to The great war [map] Reference Coll : G1037 .A45 1980
World War II
Atlas of the Second World War Reference Coll : G1038 .Y6 1974
A biographical dictionary of World War II Reference Coll : D736 .T78
The biographical dictionary of World War II generals and flag officers Reference Coll : D736 .A63 1996
The historical atlas of World War II Reference Coll : G1038 .P55 1995
The Oxford companion to World War II Reference Coll : D740 .O94 1995
The Rand McNally encyclopedia of World War II Reference Coll : D740 .R36 1977
The Simon and Schuster encyclopedia of World War II Reference Coll : D740 .S57
The Times atlas of the Second World War Reference Coll : G1038 .T6 1989
Who was who in World War II Reference Coll : D736 .K43 1978
Korean War
Historical dictionary of the Korean War Reference Coll : DS918 .H536 1991
Korean War almanac Reference Coll : DS918 .S86 1990
The Korean War : an encyclopedia Reference Coll : DS918 .K5645 1995
Vietnam War
Dictionary of the Vietnam War Reference Coll : DS557.7 .D53 1988
Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War Reference Coll : DS557.7 .E53 1996
Public opinion and the war in Vietnam Reference Coll : H62 .I25 no. 7295
Vietnam war almanac Reference Coll : DS557.7 .S94 1985
Cold War
The Cold War, 1945-1991 Reference Coll : D839.5 .C65 1992
Cold War chronology : Soviet-American relations, 1945-1991 Reference Coll : E183.8.S65 H55 1993
Encyclopedia of the Cold War Reference Coll : D843 .A668 1994
Other Wars
Campaign atlas to wars of Napoleon [map] Reference Coll : G1046.S5 B75
Historical dictionary of the Spanish American War Reference Coll : E715 .D93 1996
Encyclopedia of the Persian Gulf War Reference Coll : UF500 .G8 1995
The American Revolution, 1775-1783 : an encyclopedia Reference Coll : E208 .A433 1993
Encyclopedia of the War of 1812 Reference Coll : E354 .H46 1997
Encyclopedia of Continental Army units Reference Coll : E259 .B47



Articles

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America: History & Life "Contains citations, with abstracts, to social science and humanities literature on all aspects of U.S. and Canadian history, culture, and current affairs from prehistoric times to the present. Covers books, book reviews, dissertations, and articles from approximately 2100 journals published worldwide. Since 1988, also provides reviews of films and video products."
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Readers' Guide Retrospective Readers Guide Retrospective indexes hundreds of magazines covering the period from 1890 to 1982. This database does not include the full text of articles, but most of the magazines indexed can be found in the library collection.databases cover a broad range of subjects and may also be useful for your research.
Indexes nearly 1,200 periodicals, as far back as 1907. Citations to more than 1,300,000 articles, including over 240,000 book reviews. Indexes scholarly journals published throughout the 20th century in North America and Europe. In addition to coverage of the humanities and social sciences, the database covers many scientific journals through the 1950's.
New York Times Historical contains the full image of every issue of the New York Times from 1851 to 1999. More recent issues of the Times are available in other databases, but this is the only access to the entire run of the paper throughout the 19th and 20th centuries.


Videos/Multimedia Items
Title Location
Under orders, under fire [videorecording] Media Coll : U22 .U52 1989
Wars in peace. [videorecording] Media Coll : F3031.5 .W37 1995
Alone: May 1940-May 1941 [videorecording] Media Coll : D743 .W6 1980 v.4
The American Revolution [videorecording] Media Coll : E230 .A54 1971
Barbarossa June-December 1941 [videorecording] Media Coll : D764.3.B37 B37 1980z
Battle for Cassino [videorecording] Media Coll : D763.I82 B37 1969
Battle for Dien Bien Phu [videorecording] Media Coll : DS553.3.D5 B37 1979
The Battle of Britain [videorecording] Media Coll : D759 .B37 1984
The Battle of Russia [videorecording] Media Coll : D764.3.S7 B37 1984
Black fox: the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler [videorecording] Media Coll : DD247.H5 B52 1962
The Bomb: February-September 1945 [videorecording] Media Coll : D743 .W6 1980 v.24
A Bridge too far [videorecording] Media Coll : D763.N4 R95 1996
Calling the ghosts [videorecording] Media Coll : DR1775 .O52 1996
Churchill in his own voice and the voices of his contemporaries [Phonodisc] Media Coll : C563i 1965
Citizen soldiers [videorecording] Media Coll : UA25 .C57 1985
The Civil War [videorecording] Media Coll : E468 .C64 1988
The Civil War [interactive multimedia] Media Coll : E468 .C68 1994
The Desert: North Africa, 1940-1943 [videorecording] Media Coll : D743 .W6 1980 v.8
Distant war: September 1939-May 1940 [videorecording] Media Coll : D743 .W6 1980 v.2
France falls: May-June 1940 [videorecording] Media Coll : D743 .W6 1980 v.3
It's a lovely day tomorrow : Burma, 1942-1944 [videorecording] Media Coll : D743 .W6 1980 v.14
Japan, 1941-1945 [videorecording] Media Coll : D743 .W6 1980 v.22
John Brown's body [Phonodisc] Media Coll : B465jo
John Brown's body [Sound recording] Media Coll : B465j
Korea: the forgotten war [videorecording] Media Coll : DS919 .K67 1987
Last stand at Little Bighorn [videorecording] Media Coll : E83.876 .L37 1992
The life and times of Rosie the riveter [videorecording] Media Coll : D810.W7 1987
Mary Silliman's war [videorecording] Media Coll : CT275.F5586 B83 1993
Morning: June-August, 1944 [videorecording] Media Coll : D743 .W6 1980 v.17
Nazi concentration camps [videorecording] Media Coll : DD256.5 .N39 1993
The Nazis strike [videorecording] Media Coll : D757 .N39 1984
Operation Barbarossa [videorecording] Media Coll : D764 .B37 1979
Pacific: February 1942-June 1945 [videorecording] Media Coll : D743 .W6 1980 v.23
Paths of glory [videorecording] Media Coll : PN1997 .P37 1990
Red Star: the Soviet Union, 1941-1943 [videorecording] Media Coll : D743 .W6 1980 v.11
Smithsonian's great battles of the Civil War [videorecording] Media Coll : E470 .S64 1992
Songs of the North and South, 1861-1865. [Sound recording] Media Coll : S69so Stereo
Spy machines [videorecording] Media Coll : UB270 .S69 1987
Stars in their courses: the Gettysburg campaign[sound recording] Media Coll : E475.51 F66 1994
Tough old gut: Italy ; November 1942-June 1944 [videorecording] Media Coll : D743 .W6 1980 v.13
Vietnam: after the fire [videorecording] Media Coll : DS559.8.C5 V54 1988
Vietnam: chronicle of a war [videorecording] Media Coll : DS557.73 .V53 1984
Vietnam, 1945-1975 [videorecording] Media Coll : DS557.73 .V537 1985
Vietnam, a television history [videorecording] Media Coll : DS557.7 .V537 1987
War powers and covert action [videorecording] Media Coll : JK560 .W37 1984
Wars in peace. Iran-Iraq; Afghanistan [videorecording] Media Coll : DS318.85 .W37 1995
Wars in peace. Korea; Vietnam [videorecording] Media Coll : DS918 .W37 1995
Wars in peace. Terrorism; Lebanon [videorecording] Media Coll : DS87.53 .W37 1995
Wars in peace. The Falklands ; Special forces [videorecording] Media Coll : F3031.5 .W37 1995
Wars in peace. The Gulf war[videorecording] Media Coll : DS79.72 .W37 1995
Wars in peace. The 6 Day War ; Yom Kippur [videorecording] Media Coll : DS127 .W37 1995
Who built America? [computer file] Media Coll : HD8066 .W47 1993
World War II [kit] Media Coll : DD256 .W6
World War I [kit] Media Coll : D515 .W6
World War I: the broken promises [videorecording] Media Coll : D522 .W7 1993


Journals
ARMY TIMES
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY : AN OPEN INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY OF CURRENT MILITARY AFFAIRS
JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY


Web Resources
Military Science Department Home Page
Redstone Arsenal Historical Information Battle of Hastings 1066
War, Peace and Security Guide CIP Demilitarization Program
The History Net Armed Forces: United States
Normandy: 1944 447th Signal Battalion
The Valley of the Shadow: Two Communities in the American Civil War Task Force Eagle
Popular Mechanics Military Contents Center of Military History
Frontline: The Gulf War The Aerodrome: Aces and Aircraft of WWI
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Imagining D-Day
United States Army


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