| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Maps, tables and figures; Photographs; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Editor's note; Abbreviations; 1 Kokoda: The immortal trail; Part 1 Turning points; 2 War across the world; 3 Confrontation in the Coral Sea: Admiral Nimitz's plan for a decisive battle in the south-west Pacific; 4 South Pacific turning point: Guadalcanal; Part 2 Allied perspectives; 5 Victory at all costs: Douglas MacArthur's Papuan campaign of 1942-43; 6 Command failures on the Kokoda Trail; 7 Air war over Papua: The RAAF experience; 8 The Battle of Milne Bay |
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9 Grinding out a victory: Australian and American commanders during the beachhead battlesPart 3 Japanese perspectives; 10 Making Japanese soldiers; 11 Japanese commanders in Kokoda; 12 Against overwhelming odds? Opposing strengths on the Kokoda Trail; Part 4 On the trail; 13 On the trail of an extraordinary man: The making of the architect of Kokoda; 14 Trekking Kokoda; Part 5 Legacies; 15 Papua's overlooked legacy: The AMF as a learning institution; 16 Kokoda: An epic in Australian history?; Notes; Further reading; Index |
| Summary |
Kokoda: Beyond the Legend provides readers with a complete understanding of this major turning point in the Second World War |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 19, 2017) |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Australian
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
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Military campaigns
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Military participation -- Australian
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- History -- 1939-1945
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| Subject |
Australia
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Pacific Area
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Pacific Ocean
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
James, Karl, editor.
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| ISBN |
9781108105194 |
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110810519X |
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9781108103992 |
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1108103995 |
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1108104797 |
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9781108104791 |
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