Panic on the Pacific : how America prepared for a West Coast invasion / / Bill Yenne

• Autore: Yenne Bill <1949->
• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : Regnery History, , 2016
• Edizione: First ebook edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 pages) : maps
• Disciplina: 940.5379
• Soggetto topico: World War, 1939-1945 - Pacific States; World War, 1939-1945 - Japan; Civil defense - Pacific States; HISTORY / Military / World War II; HISTORY / Military / United States; HISTORY / Asia / Japan
• Soggetto geografico: Pacific States History 20th century
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Three states on the eve of war -- The General : John Lesesne DeWitt -- An army before dawn -- DeWitt's army -- A distant, vulnerable land -- The sudden darkness of fear -- The unthinkable realization -- A theater of woeful shortages -- The Japanese next door -- The battle of the California coast -- The spies next door -- Into the cold uncertainty of a new year -- In a climate of fear -- The cactuses of Goleta -- The battle of Los Angeles -- The boss out here -- Hidden in plane sight -- Illusion in the Emerald City -- The great Japanese offensive -- The submarines return -- Bringing the war ashore -- The final blows came from the sky -- The waning power of the boss -- Pacific vision -- Invasion day -- The battle is joined -- Beyond the first contact.
• Sommario/riassunto: "The aftershocks of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor were felt keenly all over America-the war in Europe had hit home. But nowhere was American life more immediately disrupted than on the West Coast, where people lived in certain fear of more Japanese attacks. From that day until the end of the war, a dizzying mix of battle preparedness and rampant paranoia swept the states. Japanese immigrants were herded into internment camps. Factories were camouflaged to look like small towns. The Rose Bowl was moved to North Carolina. Airport runways were so well hidden even American pilots couldn't find them. There was panic on the Pacific coast: the Japanese were coming."--
• Titolo autorizzato: Panic on the Pacific
• ISBN: 1-62157-554-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910136639603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II