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The GI War Against Japan: American Soldiers in Asia and the Pacific During World War II
Peter Schrijvers
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Description for The GI War Against Japan: American Soldiers in Asia and the Pacific During World War II
Paperback. Recounts the harrowing experiences of American soldiers in Asia and the Pacific. Based on countless diaries and letters, it sweeps across the battlefields, from the early desperate stand at Guadalcanal to the tragic sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at war's very end. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBJF; HBJK; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
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Even in the midst of World War II, Americans could not help thinking of the lands across the Pacific as a continuation of the American Western frontier. But this perception only heightened American soldiers' frustration as the hostile region ferociously resisted their attempts at control.
The GI War Against Japan recounts the harrowing experiences of American soldiers in Asia and the Pacific. Based on countless diaries and letters, it sweeps across the battlefields, from the early desperate stand at Guadalcanal to the tragic sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis at war's very end. From ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Weight
536g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814740156
SKU
V9780814740156
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About Peter Schrijvers
Peter Schrijvers is Professor in American and International History at The University of New South Wales in Sydney. He is the author of The Crash of Ruin: American Combat Soldiers in Europe during World War II, also available from NYU Press.
Reviews for The GI War Against Japan: American Soldiers in Asia and the Pacific During World War II
"Peter Schrijvers has pulled a ‘double' by writing a worthy companion to The Crash of Ruin: American Combat Soldiers in Europe during World War II. His study of the soldiers' war against Japan transcends simplistic race-hate explanations and reconstructs the psycho-social context of war in which only the enemy remained the same."
Allan R. Millett,Director of the Eisenhower Center ... Read more
Allan R. Millett,Director of the Eisenhower Center ... Read more