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Autore |
Garfield Brian <1939-> |
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The thousand-mile war [[electronic resource] ] : World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians / / Brian Garfield ; foreword by Terrence Cole |
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Fairbanks, : University of Alaska Press, 1995 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (481 p.) |
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Collana |
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Classic reprint series ; ; no.4 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Alaska - Aleutian Islands |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1969. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-445) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Preface to the 1995 Edition; Author's Note; Part One: Buckner's War; Chapter One: Japan Steams North; Chapter Two: ""You Will Be Governed by the Principle of Calculated Risk""; Chapter Three: The Battle of Dutch Harbor: The First Day; Chapter Four: The Battle of Dutch Harbor: The Second Day; Chapter Five: Buckner's Beehive; Chapter Six: ""The Airfield Is for Use Either by Ourselves or by the Enemy, Whichever Gets There First""; Part Two: Eareckson's War; Chapter Seven: The Kiska Blitz; Chapter Eight: Mission to Seek and Destroy Enemy in Alaska |
Chapter Nine: ""When You Could See a Hundred Feet, That Was a Clear Day""Chapter Ten: The Navy's Spring Plowing; Chapter Eleven: Forward to Adak; Chapter Twelve: ""I Had a Sheep-Lined Fur Parka- And Then I Had One to Wear Outdoors""; Part Three: Kinkaid's War; Chapter Thirteen: Kinkaid's Blockade; Chapter Fourteen: The Battle of the Komandorskis; Chapter Fifteen: ""The Hunger Was Maddening...""; Chapter Sixteen: Operation Landcrab; Chapter Seventeen: The Battle of Attu; Chapter Eighteen: The Raids on Paramushiro; Chapter Nineteen: Battle of the Pips; Chapter Twenty: The Invasion of Kiska |
EpilogueAfterword; Appendix One: Further Discussion of the Paramushiro Raids; Appendix Two: Further Discussion of the Battle of the Pips; Bibliographical Remarks; Bibliography; Bibliographical Addendum 1995; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Thousand-Mile War, a powerful story of the battles of the United |
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