Kokoda

Beyond the Legend
Herausgeber: James, Karl

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, Karl James brings together eminent military historians from Britain, the United States, Japan and Australia to reassess the principal battles from both Allied and Japanese perspectives, providing readers with a more complete understanding of one of the major turning points in the Second World War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 159mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 964g
• ISBN-13: 9781107189713
• ISBN-10: 1107189713
• Artikelnr.: 48094918

Inhaltsangabe

1. Kokoda: the immortal trail Karl James; Part I. Turning Points: 2. War
across the world Antony Beevor; 3. Confrontation in the Coral Sea: Admiral
Chester W. Nimitz's plan for a decisive battle John B. Lundstrom; 4. South
Pacific turning point: Guadalcanal Richard B. Frank; Part II. Allied
Perspectives: 5. Victory at all cost: Douglas MacArthur's Papuan campaign
of 1942-3 James W. Zobel; 6. Command failures on the Kokoda Trail Rowan
Tracey; 7. The air war over Papua: the RAAF experience Mark Johnston; 8.
The Battle of Milne Bay Phillip Bradley; 9. Grinding out a victory:
Australian and American commanders during the beachhead battles Peter J.
Dean; Part III. Japanese Perspectives: 10. Making soldiers: training,
doctrine and culture in the Imperial Japanese Army Edward J. Drea; 11.
Japanese commanders in Kokoda Haruki Yoshida; 12. Against overwhelming
odds? Opposing strengths on the Kokoda Trail Peter Williams; Part IV. On
the Trail: 13. On the trail of an extraordinary man: the making of the
architect of Kokoda Robyn Kienzle; 14. Trekking Kokoda Charlie Lynn; Part
V. Legacies: 15. Papua's overlooked legacy: the AMF as a learning
institution Garth Pratten; 16. Kokoda: an epic in Australian history David
Horner.