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UNINA9910789265003321 |
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Autore |
McDonald Hamish |
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Titolo |
A War of Words [[electronic resource] ] : The Man Who Talked 4000 Japanese Into Surrender |
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Chicago, : University of Queensland Press, 2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (350 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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940.54 |
940.54/88752 |
950.4/24 |
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Soggetti |
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East Asia -- History -- 1945- |
War - Japan |
World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Turkey - Gallipoli Peninsula |
Soldiers - Military intelligence - Australia |
World War, 1939-1945 - Military intelligence - Australia |
World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - Singapore |
World War, 1939-1945 - Secret service - Australia |
World War, 1939-1945 - Singapore |
Intelligence officers - Australia |
Intelligence officers - Great Britain |
History & Archaeology |
Regions & Countries - Australia & Pacific Islands - Oceania |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Author biography; Title page; Imprint page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 The House of Silk; 2 Becoming Hachisaburo; 3 A Meiji Education; 4 War and Business; 5 Bitter Victory; 6 Samurai at Large; 7 Yellow Revolution; 8 Advance and Retreat; 9 A Man of English; 10 Shifting Ground; 11 Blind Samurai; 12 Island Fortress; 13 Swords Drawn; 14 Paper Bullets; 15 Terms of Surrender; 16 End of Empire; 17 Eddie's War; 18 The Japanese Embrace; Postscript; Acknowledgements; Sources; Index; Picture section; More from UQP |
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?He told her about his struggle in Melbourne to turn himself into a British-style officer for the Australian Army . . . the nights in tents by the Pyramids, the terror of the landing under sniper fire and the scramble up the heights of Gallipoli, the filth and danger of the trenches at Lone Pine. He showed her the scar above his right eye ? There was a lot he didn't tell her.' Raised Japanese in a European skin at the turn of the 20th century, fate and circumstance would ensure that Charles Bavier spent his life caught between two cultures, yet claimed by neither. The illegitimate son of a |
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