Defending whose country? : Indigenous soldiers in the Pacific War / / Noah Riseman
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| Autore: |
Riseman Noah J
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| Titolo: |
Defending whose country? : Indigenous soldiers in the Pacific War / / Noah Riseman
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| Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 940.54/04 |
| Soggetto topico: | World War, 1939-1945 - Cryptography |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Indian | |
| World War, 1939-1945 - Participation, Aboriginal Australian | |
| World War, 1939-1945 | |
| Aboriginal Australians - Wars - Veterans | |
| Torres Strait Islanders - Wars - Veterans | |
| Navajo code talkers | |
| Yolngu (Australian people) - Warfare | |
| Aboriginal Australian soldiers - History | |
| Aboriginal Australians - Wars | |
| Torres Strait Islanders - Wars | |
| Defence - World War II | |
| Defence - Armed forces | |
| Defence - Coastal surveillance | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Australia Armed Forces Aboriginal Australians History |
| Australia Armed Forces Torres Strait Islanders History | |
| United States Armed Forces Indians | |
| Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-296) and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In the campaign against Japan in the Pacific during the Second World War, the armed forces of the United States, Australia, andthe Australian colonies of Papua and New Guinea made use of indigenous peoples in new capacities. The United States had long used American Indians as soldiers and scouts in frontier conflicts and in wars with other nations. With the advent of the Navajo Code Talkers in the Pacific theater, Native servicemen were now being employed for contributions that were unique to their Native cultures. In contrast, Australia, Papua, and New Guinea had long attempted to keep indigenous peoples out of the armed forces altogether. With the threat of Japanese invasion, however, they began to bring indigenous peoples into the military as guerilla patrollers, coastwatchers, and regular soldiers. Defending Whose Country? is a comparative study of the military participation of Papua New Guineans, Yolngu, and Navajos in the Pacific theater. In examining the decisions of state and military leaders to bring indigenous peoples into military service, as well as the decisions of indigenous individuals to serve in the armed forces, Noah Riseman reconsiders the impact of the largely forgotten contributions of indigenous soldiers in the Second World War. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Defending whose country |
| ISBN: | 9781283847087 |
| 1283847086 | |
| 9780803246164 | |
| 0803246161 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910955878303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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