Albert Payson Terhune was not only universally famous for his stories of the collies of Sunnybank: as readers of his The Son of God know, he was also of a deeply religious mind. Some time before his death in February 1942, he made some rough notes for an article on a subject which had never ceased to concern him and which has absorbed the thoughts of human beings from time immemorial. As Rev. Dr. Sizoo remarks in the Foreword to this volume, “The human heart has always rebelled against the silence of death. Why should those whom we have loved and lost suddenly cease to be concerned about us and refuse to counsel and enhearten?...Are there any signals which flash back and forth? Do they know us? Can we speak with them? Are they concerned for us?” Anice Terhune, the author’s wife, offers an affirmative answer to these questions in the notes and comments that form the greater part of the present book. Mrs. Terhune was the author of The Bert Terhune I Knew (1943) as well as of many short stories, articles, and of three novels among which are The Eyes of the Village and The White Mouse. Pianist, organist, and composer, she has published many books of children’s songs. She was born in Hampden, Massachusetts, of an old New Jersey family, a direct descendant of Richard Stockton, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Written for the British Admiralty by Fregattenkapitän Günter Hessler, who was given free access to war diaries and other primary sources. Includes corrections and explanations not found in the original text. The many charts and diagrams pinpoint the deployment of each U-boat on any particular day.--Cf. Publisher information on slipcase.

World War II defined the 20th century and shaped the contemporary world; from the decolonization of Africa to the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. This work offers an overview of this complex and volatile era, taking into account the political, economic and social factors, as well as military circumstances of the road to war and its consequences.

Intro -- A. 1815-1919 Das englische Zeitalter -- I. Die großen, die politische Ordnung Europas konstituierenden Friedensverträge -- II. Regionale Friedensverträge von gesamteuropäischer Bedeutung -- III. Europa unter dem Kondominium der Großmächte -- IV. Europäische Entscheidungen über die Bildung, die Vereinigung und den Untergang von Staaten -- V. Deutschland zwischen 1815 und 1914 -- VI. Die Einigung Italiens und die Stellung des Papstes -- VII. Die Vereinigten Staaten im Weltstaatensystem -- VIII. Ibero-Amerika und die panamerikanischen Unionsbestrebungen -- IX. Asien und die Völkerrechtsgemeinschaft -- X. Afrika als Objekt der europäischen Kolonialexpansion -- XI. Rechtsformen der imperialistischen Kolonialexpansion -- XII. Die Unterdrückung des Sklavenhandels als Instrument der britischen Seeherrschaft -- XIII. Vorderer Orient, Balkan und die orientalische Frage -- XIV. Das europäische Allianzsystem bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg -- XV. Meerengen, Binnenmeere, Kanäle und Flüsse -- XVI. Handel, Wirtschaft und Verkehr -- XVII. Völkerrecht des diplomatischen Verkehrs -- XVIII. Kodifikation des Völkerrechts -- XIX. Völkerrecht im Ersten Weltkrieg

Recounts in detail the history of Canadian naval forces in WWII, taking a ship-by-ship and encounter-by-encounter approach.