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Spring 2003 2()* Cedtwy Snulies James L WORLD WAR TWO STUDIES ASSOCIATION 'v(0rmerly American Committee on the History o/the Second World War) DcluJd S. DclWiler, C/toirma" MR P. Paillo, Sec~1JJI'y aNI ~ofHislocy Nn-3leuer Ediw SGGlknIIIIiDoiI Uaivenily 0--ofHistoly • CftaacIIIc 20ll EiJClllilowor Hall CaboBcIIIe, lUiDoia 62901-4'19 ~ State Uo.ivenily detwilrrOmidwut.flet MIUIbD, "-as 66S06-IOO2 785-532-0014 '".,UCIUDlrtcton FAX ro.S32-7004 NEWSLETTER part1loO~.HU CIurIes F. Delull VIIIdcrbilt UJliyenity ISSN 0885-5668 Jamq au-. A"~/Qle Editor aNIWebmiukr AIlbw L. FlIDk ~ofHistoly Uaivonity ofFklrida 208 Eisen1lower Hall K.-StMe UDivenity r..-.p urlrillr 111J 104m-. Katsas 66506-1002 Carl lloyd Ifre."',,; Old Dominioa Univonity Institute lOr MiliUry History md No. 69 Spring 2003 2()* CeDtwy Snulies James L. Collins, Jr. 221 Eiseabower Hall Middleblq, Vqinia Kansas SIBle University M~ KaIua 66506-1002 Roy O. F1iat Ville Crucis, N.C. TIN WWrSA "tlJflIlaUti wU/I.: Rm Hillhllll America ffutoriCIII AuociaIilln K.Iasat State UDivmity 400 A SlreeI. S.E. Wab.ilIltoD, D.C. 20003 WII1eII F. Kimball Contents http:/twww.t/I"lIhulfg RUlfm UDivenity, Ne-k Comite httmllllioBlI d'HisloUe Ricban1 H. Kolm de I. DcuxiCnle 0-Moadiale Uaivmity ofNortI1 Carolina Instihll d'Hi1lo~ du Tomps Preocat • Cbapel Hill (CCIllIe llaIioui de la n:dIcn:be World War Two Studies Association 5"ientifiquo ICNRSJ) AI'" R. Millett Eeoic N..matf: Suptri.- de CacbaD Obio SlMe Uo.iversity 61, avenue du Ptesideat WU­ General Infonnation 2 9423S Cacbaa Ctdex, F_ R-rl F. WciB!ey The Newsletter Temple Ullivonity 2 Itl.Sli"'" for MI/i/Qry HbllltJl and Annual Membership Dues 2 10" Cen""" Shuiie'. at r.,., rJrPIl'lIr, 1"4 KoMII< SlaM U,,;"enlry wIIidI supportS the WWTSA's "eblile oa me t-1MI Martill BIumc:1ISDIl News and Notes • the followiag addraI (URL): WashiqIDII, D.C. www.lcsu.edu/history/ln.tituttl/wwtu/ Annual Business Meeting O'Au C..,pbcll 3 S.CoIlqes Appendix A 4 Robert o.IIck AppendixB Uo.ivonity ofCIlliJOrDia, 5 LosAateJos Series Publication AnnOimcement 6 StaJey LFIlk AlexBlria. VuaUtia NSA Records in NARA E_R.Mor By Leroy W. Gardner lWvard U81venity 9 DtaDi, Showalter International Archival Web Sites Coloralo ColleF 20 Milk A. Stoler Recently Published and Reprinted Books Uo.ivmity OfVe1lD(lll1 in English on World War n 27 Gerhll'd L. WeiDbeli UDiversity ofNortll CllfoliDa • Cbapel Hill Selected Titles from an Electronic Compilation by James Ehrman ~., rJrPlrlrr, 111S Recently Published Articles in English on World War n 44 o-C. AlUrd NM HillDric:al CRier Selected Titles from an Electronic Compilation by James Ehrman I!dwlrd J. Dlea DepaIUIIeat ofDcbae Waldo HeiDricIlI UDivenity orNebnsb DavidKahG GncN«*, New York T:v:.."::lUlioa R-W H. Spcc:tcr Gecop WmiDatoa UJliyonity AJ.tWI1t Iowa SlMe UDivmity Earl Ziemke Uaivonity ofGoolJia General Infonnation Established in 1967 "to promote historical research in the period ofWorld War II in all its Ann aspects," the World War Two Studies Association, whose original name was the American Committee on the History ofthe Second World War, is a private organization supported by the The dues and donations ofits members. It is affiliated with the American Historical Association, with Frid; the International Committee for the History ofthe Second World War, and with corresponding Detv national committees in other countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech AssCi Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, War. Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Singapore, Slovenia, the United Kingdom, and the Vatican. ICH: ofR: APPi The Newsletter Ther actio The wwrSA issues a semiannual newsletter, which is assigned International Standard Serial affili Number [ISSN] 0885-5668 by the Library ofCongress. Back issues ofthe Newsletter are asSO( available from Robin Higham, wwrSA Archivist, through Sunflower University Press, 1531 done Yuma (or Box 1009), Manhattan, KS 66502-4228.. exprc goal~ Please send infonnation for the Newsletter to: estab Mar~ Mark Parillo Department ofHistory asso< servll Kansas State University Tel.: (785) 532-0374 an ac Eisenhower Hall Fax: (785) 532-7004 had t Manhattan, KS 66506-1002 E-mail: paril/o@lcsu. edu maili withi shaul Next Annual Membenbip Dues next: Janm Membership is open to all who are interested in the era ofthe Second World War. Annual byth membership dues ofSI5.00 are payable at the beginning ofeach calendar year. Students with U.S. well. addresses may, iftheir circumstances require it, pay annual dues ofS5.oo for up to six years. mem! There is no surcharge for members abroad, but it is requested that dues be remitted directly to the theU secretary ofthe WWTSA (not through an agency or subscription service) in U.S. dollars. The Guilr Newsletter, which is mailed at bulk rates within the United States, will be sent by surface mail to foreign addresses unless special arrangements are made to cover the cost ofairmail postage. The s Twel1 the ~ whos Spring 2003 - 3 News & Notes Annual WWTSA Business Meeting The annual business meeting ofthe World War Two Studies Association convened at 8 a.m. on nd Friday, May 2 , at the downtown Knoxville Hilton in Knoxville, Tennessee. Donald S. Detwiler, association chairman, reported on the status ofthe World War Two Studies Association's relations with the International Committee for the History ofthe Second World War. His report is presented in full as Appendix A below. The report includes reference to the ICHSWW statement ofproposal for a round table discussion at the XXth International Congress ofHistorical Sciences, to convene in Sydney, Australia in 2005, which is included below as Appendix B. There was considerable discussion among those present ofthe situation and possible courses of action for the WWTSA to pursue in regards to the matter. The issue ofthe association's affiliations with other organizations was also discussed as part ofthe overall situation and the association's standing. Ultimately the consensus ofopinion was that not much could or should be done at the present time, though avenues ofcommunication will be kept open. The hope was expressed that future leadership ofthe ICHSWW will be more amenable to reaffirmation ofthe goals and procedures ofthe international committee, as expressed in their Web site and established by the preceding decades ofoperation. Mark Parillo, WWTSA Secretary-Treasurer, next reported on the fmancial status ofthe association. He reported that rising printing and mailing costs had led to a switch in printing services in 2002 for the newsletter and that some ofthe association's reserve funds, on deposit in an account set up several years ago under the aegis ofthe Kansas State University Foundation, had been drawn upon to cover the higher costs. However, the switch to a new printing and mailing services, first used for the Fall 2002 issue ofthe newsletter, has reduced expenses to within the revenue from dues payments, and the association remains solvent. Accordingly, there should be no need to consider any dues payment increases in the foreseeable future. Next, the secretary announced that the association will be sponsoring a scholarly panel at the next annual meeting ofthe American Historical Association, to be held in Washington, D.C., in January 2004. The panel, titled "Military History and the Field ofHistory," has been approved by the AHA Program Committee and will accordingly be an officially sponsored AHA panel as well. The format will be a roundtable discussion following opening remarks by the panel members. The panel members are Dr. Lori Bogle ofthe Naval Academy, Dean Dale Clifford of the University ofNorth Florida, Dr. Michael Ramsay ofKansas State University, Dr. John Guilmartin ofThe Ohio State University, and Dr. Patrice Olsen ofIllinois State University. The secretary also announced that the recently established Institute for the Military History and Twentieth Century Studies at Kansas State University will continue to provide some support for the World War Two Studies Association in the form ofa technically trained graduate assistant whose responsibilities will include updating and managing the association's Web site. 4 - Spring 2003 Next the secretary proposed a motion to discuss changing the meeting venue for the annual legit business meeting to the site ofthe annual meeting ofthe Society for Military History, since it has Histe met in conjunction with the SMH meeting for the last two years. In the ensuing discussion, some inter members expressed reservations about the potential difficulties ofmeeting with the SMH, which the l' often meets late in the spring semester ofthe academic year, and there was general reluctance to such abandon the idea ofmeeting at the site ofthe annual American Historical Association meeting. besic The motion was tabled after the discussion. It was resolved, however, that next year's business meeting would be held in conjunction with the SMH once again because, since the meeting will Fren be in late May in Bethesda, Maryland, on this occasion it may well be more convenient for many estat WWTSA members to attend. mitte: prov With no additional business raised from the floor, the meeting adjourned at 9: 10 a.m. Details of war I next year's meeting will be made available in the fall newsletter. resea twen Appendix A well­ 2005 Report on the ICHSWW for the WWTSA Annual Meeting, Friday, 2 May 2003, in Knoxville, focm Tennessee Worl http:, At the World War Two Studies Association's annual business meeting on Saturday, 6 April tradi1 2002, in Madison, Wisconsin, I made a statement, noted in the Fall 2002 newsletter, "on recent developments with the International Committee for the History ofthe Second World War." I said Cons that since the ICHSWW's quinquennial meeting in Oslo in 2000, the president, the general Cons secretary, and the treasurer had failed to include in the deliberations ofthe Executive Committee mem two of its statutory members, specifically, two vice presidents initially elected in 1990, the mam president ofthe Russian Association ofWorld War II Historians, Prof.
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