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- Survival in the South Pacific: A Lost Airman's Desperate Rescue amid the Maelstrom of War (inbunden, eng)
Survival in the South Pacific: A Lost Airman's Desperate Rescue amid the Maelstrom of War (inbunden, eng)
In September 1943, as America began advancing from its foothold on Guadalcanal, a young American airman was lost in heavy weather over the S...
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In September 1943, as America began advancing from its foothold on Guadalcanal, a young American airman was lost in heavy weather over the South Pacific on what was expected to be a routine flight. In examining that loss and the events leading up to a rescue attempt on an island in the South Pacific, and bringing together societies utterly alien to each other, Survival in the South Pacific brings together the big themes of the Pacific War.
The American lieutenant and his comrades had been swept from their homes, trained at speed for war, and dispatched to one of the remotest places on the globe. American war plans in place when Pearl Harbor was attacked poorly reflected the capabilities of its military, and the limits imposed by America's far-flung and indefensible territories.
The "Germany First" policy had resulted in a deeply uncertain future for forces in the South Pacific and Australia-the United States was unprepared for the global war that came to it in late 1941, even as the pipeline of men and materiel began to fill. Young Allied and Japanese aviators, sailors, and soldiers, were not the only ones thrown into the swirling maelstrom of war that had engulfed the Pacific-the indigenous islanders were also immersed in a new reality.
In bringing together individual stories of men at war, this book gives a new perspective on the Pacific War. AUTHOR: Following a successful career in international business and global education, Robert Richardson began writing about the little-known, personal, but critically important stories of World War II and the Cold War.
He wrote The Jagged Edge of Duty in 2017, and his current project relates to the events in the South Pacific during the early months of World War II. A life-long conservationist, Richardson is co-founder of the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy.
The American lieutenant and his comrades had been swept from their homes, trained at speed for war, and dispatched to one of the remotest places on the globe. American war plans in place when Pearl Harbor was attacked poorly reflected the capabilities of its military, and the limits imposed by America's far-flung and indefensible territories.
The "Germany First" policy had resulted in a deeply uncertain future for forces in the South Pacific and Australia-the United States was unprepared for the global war that came to it in late 1941, even as the pipeline of men and materiel began to fill. Young Allied and Japanese aviators, sailors, and soldiers, were not the only ones thrown into the swirling maelstrom of war that had engulfed the Pacific-the indigenous islanders were also immersed in a new reality.
In bringing together individual stories of men at war, this book gives a new perspective on the Pacific War. AUTHOR: Following a successful career in international business and global education, Robert Richardson began writing about the little-known, personal, but critically important stories of World War II and the Cold War.
He wrote The Jagged Edge of Duty in 2017, and his current project relates to the events in the South Pacific during the early months of World War II. A life-long conservationist, Richardson is co-founder of the Inland Northwest Land Conservancy.
| Format | Inbunden |
| Omfång | 304 sidor |
| Språk | Engelska |
| Förlag | Casemate Publishers |
| Utgivningsdatum | 2024-04-15 |
| ISBN | 9781636244150 |
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- Inbunden, 304, Engelska, Casemate Publishers, 2024-04-15, 9781636244150
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- Format Inbunden
- Antal sidor 304
- Språk Engelska
- Förlag Casemate Publishers
- Utgivningsdatum 2024-04-15
- ISBN 9781636244150