South Pacific cauldron : World War II's great forgotten battlegrounds /
The war in the South Pacific in its entirety has remained remarkably neglected by historians. This is the first comprehensive narrative history covering all land, sea and air operations in the theater to the end of World War II. While Guadalcanal is familiar to most Americans and the Kokoda Trail is...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | English |
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Annapolis, MD. :
Naval Institute Press,
[2014]
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Online Access: | CONNECT |
Summary: | The war in the South Pacific in its entirety has remained remarkably neglected by historians. This is the first comprehensive narrative history covering all land, sea and air operations in the theater to the end of World War II. While Guadalcanal is familiar to most Americans and the Kokoda Trail is well known to Australians, the war in the South Pacific includes many now forgotten operations that deserve to be well remembered. Also, significantly, the official Australian history of World War II correctly observed that Australia's part in the Pacific war is barely mentioned in American historie. |
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Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America EBSCO eBook History Collection |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781612514703 1612514707 |