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[362]-379) and index. 327 $aPreliminaries; Table of contents; Prologue Sunday Afternoon; Chapter One On the Edge of the Great Deep Blue; Chapter Two An Armed Rebellion in Paradise?; Chapter Three In the Midnight Dark; Chapter Four Post-Mortem; Chapter Five A Great and Powerful Friend; Chapter Six Dark Deeds; Chapter Seven On the Brink; Chapter Eight Judgment Day; Chapter Nine A Death in the Spice Islands; Chapter Ten Aftermaths; Epilogue; Endnotes; Abbreviations; Index; 330 $aIn 1948, as the jungle reclaimed the detritus left by World War II, a series of violent crimes were committed in Papua New Guinea and the Dutch East Indies. Linked by questions of race, the civil and military authorities of Australia, the United States, China, the Netherlands and the Philippines were stung into action. Lachlan Strahan weaves the facts of these crimes into a story of compelling interest. This highly original history skilfully explores the complexities of international relations and paints a vivid portrait of people trying to cope with a confused and rapidly changing postwar wo 606 $aInternational relations 607 $aManus Island (Papua New Guinea) 607 $aChina$xForeign relations$zPapua New Guinea 607 $aPapua New Guinea$xForeign relations$zChina 615 0$aInternational relations. 676 $a327.94051 676 $a327.953051 676 $a995.81 700 $aStrahan$b Lachlan$f1965-$01472821 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910783685803321 996 $aDay of reckoning$93685751 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03255nam 2200565 450 001 9910825744603321 005 20230422031916.0 010 $a1-61277-286-2 010 $a1-61277-287-0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000418983 035 $a(EBL)3120059 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001151810 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11703115 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001151810 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11144124 035 $a(PQKB)11172204 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3120059 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10754370 035 $a(OCoLC)922995024 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3120059 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000418983 100 $a20130925d2000 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$a200,000 miles aboard the destoyer Cotten /$fC. Snelling Robinson 210 1$aKent, Ohio :$cKent State University Press,$d2000. 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-87338-645-0 311 $a0-87338-698-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Preface""; ""1. Fitting Out""; ""2. Shakedown Cruise""; ""3. To Pearl Harbor and the Pacific Fleet""; ""4. Tarawa: Operation Galvanic""; ""5. Independent Duties in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands""; ""6. Operation Flintlock""; ""7. To Espiritu Santo""; ""8. Fifth Fleet Operations in the Southwest Pacific""; ""9. Majuro""; ""10. Personnel Changes""; ""11. Operation Forager and the Battle of the Philippine Sea""; ""12. Task Force 58 Returns to Saipan""; ""13. The Cotten and Destroyer Squadron 50 Screen the Battle Line"" 327 $a""14. Command Changes""""15. Admiral Halsey Trains the Battle Line""; ""16. Third Fleet Operations Prior to the Battle of Leyte Gulf""; ""17. The Battle of Leyte Gulf""; ""18. Action off Cape Engafio""; ""19. Kamikazes Enter the Pacific War""; ""20. Kamikazes: Midget Subs and More Planes""; ""21. The Great Pacific Typhoon, December 1944""; ""22. In the South China Sea""; ""23. Air Strikes against Tokyo: Iwo lima D Day""; ""24. A Second Strike against the Tokyo Area""; ""25. Iwo Jima: March 5-13, 1945""; ""26. Encounter with Japanese Patrol Vessels""; ""27. Iwo Jima Secured"" 327 $a""28. Shore Leave""""29. Hunters Point""; ""30. Stateside Duty Comes to an End""; ""31. The War Ends""; ""32. Transition""; ""33. The Tokyo Bay Occupation Force""; ""34. Tokyo""; ""35. The Cotten Acquires a Kamikaze Speedboat""; ""36. The Tokyo Bay Roadstead""; ""37. Atami""; ""38. The House of the Golden Wave""; ""39. Squadron 50 Leaves the Occupation Force""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendix A""; ""Appendix B""; ""Appendix C""; ""Glossary""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index"" 606 $aWarships 606 $aVoyages and travels 615 0$aWarships. 615 0$aVoyages and travels. 676 $a940.54/5973 700 $aRobinson$b C. Snelling$g(Charles Snelling),$f1922-$01709327 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825744603321 996 $a200,000 miles aboard the destoyer Cotten$94099022 997 $aUNINA