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...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Annapolis, MD. :
Naval Institute Press,
[2014]
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | CONNECT |
MARC
| LEADER | 00000cam a2200000 i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | mig00005505091 | ||
| 006 | m o d | ||
| 007 | cr ||||||||||| | ||
| 008 | 131205s2014 mdu ob 001 0 eng | ||
| 005 | 20240613132129.0 | ||
| 010 | |a 2013048656 | ||
| 019 | |a 882243661 | ||
| 020 | |a 9781612514703 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |a 1612514707 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
| 020 | |z 1612514707 | ||
| 020 | |z 9781612514710 |q (hardcover ; |q alk. paper) | ||
| 035 | |a 1WRLDSHRocn864789946 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)864789946 |z (OCoLC)882243661 | ||
| 037 | |a 68281081-D17D-46FD-93AD-E7B890FE5772 |b OverDrive, Inc. |n http://www.overdrive.com | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |b eng |e rda |e pn |c DLC |d YDX |d MHW |d EBLCP |d YDXCP |d N$T |d OCLCF |d IDEBK |d E7B |d TEFOD |d OCLCQ |d TEFOD |d OCL |d RECBK |d OCL |d OCLCQ |d COCUF |d LOA |d ZCU |d ICG |d K6U |d COO |d MERUC |d OCLCQ |d STF |d WRM |d OCLCQ |d UOK |d INT |d VT2 |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d WYU |d TKN |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d DKC |d AU@ |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d RBN |d OCLCQ |d OCL |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO | ||
| 042 | |a pcc | ||
| 043 | |a p------ | ||
| 049 | |a TXMM | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a D767 |
| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 940.54/26 |2 23 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Rems, Alan, |e author. | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a South Pacific cauldron : |b World War II's great forgotten battlegrounds / |c Alan Rems. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Annapolis, MD. : |b Naval Institute Press, |c [2014] | |
| 300 | |a 1 online resource | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 347 | |a data file |2 rda | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The hottest potato -- I want you to take Buna, or not come back alive -- There was indeed only one Yamamoto -- The most unintelligently waged land campaign -- A custody receipt for Munda ... keep 'em dying -- Lae and Salamaua must be defended to the death -- Prevent your troops engaging my troops -- The weakness of trying to fight battles from a distance -- It's Torokina. Now get on your horses! -- Halsey knows the straight story -- Make sure they think the invasion has commenced -- Guadalcanal minus most of the errors -- The final outcome ... was never in doubt -- The most desperate emergency -- The closest thing to a living hell -- A shop in the Japs' front yard -- More nerve-racking than ... Tobruk or El Alamein -- Nature proved to be a worse enemy than the Japanese -- Keep Rabaul burning! -- The worst-kept secret of the war in the South Pacific -- But for the stern resistance ... of the XIV corps -- They wanted to fight -- The South Pacific campaign was finished -- Kicking around a corpse -- The Japanese could die where they were or die advancing -- Doubtful that he checked with the ordinary foot soldier -- No enemy can withstand you -- Japan man e cry enough -- Once it was over it was over -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. | |
| 588 | 0 | |a Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 500 | |a EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |5 TMurS | ||
| 500 | |a EBSCO eBook History Collection |5 TMurS | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a World War, 1939-1945 |x Campaigns |z Pacific Area. | |
| 647 | 7 | |a World War |d (1939-1945) |2 fast | |
| 648 | 7 | |a 1939-1945 |2 fast | |
| 730 | 0 | |a WORLDSHARE SUB RECORDS | |
| 776 | 0 | 8 | |i Print version: |a Rems, Alan. |t South Pacific cauldron. |d Annapolis, MD : Naval Institute Press, [2014] |z 9781612514710 |w (DLC) 2013047492 |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=786323&authtype=ip,sso&custid=s4672406 |z CONNECT |3 eBooks on EBSCOhost |t 0 |
| 907 | |a 4784633 |b 05-26-21 |c 07-06-20 | ||
| 949 | |a ho0 | ||
| 994 | |a 92 |b TXM | ||
| 998 | |a wi |d z | ||
| 999 | f | f | |s 9c6b9cc3-7b3f-4b0d-bb5f-0d73b512b9b4 |i 8e96600c-a270-4443-bf30-6f1ff0cb36cc |t 0 |
| 952 | f | f | |a Middle Tennessee State University |b Main |c James E. Walker Library |d Electronic Resources |t 0 |e D767 |h Library of Congress classification |
