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15 produkter
South Sea Maidens
Western Fantasy and Sexual Politics in the South Pacific
E-bok, 2002
1169 kr
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From the first European contact with Tahiti in 1767, the myth of the South Sea maiden has endured through many incarnations. Although the maiden frequently provided an idealized antidote to Western women's self-assertion, the South Pacific also afforded a space where boundaries between the sexes …
South Sea Maidens
Western Fantasy and Sexual Politics in the South Pacific
Inbunden, 2002
1069 kr
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From the first European contact with Tahiti in 1767, the myth of the South Sea maiden has endured through many incarnations. Although the maiden frequently provided an idealized antidote to Western women's self-assertion, the South Pacific also afforded a space where boundaries between the sexes …
U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941–45
Av Sandra Wilson, Michael Sturma m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
649 kr
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The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-45 analyzes the Pacific War with a focus on America’s participation in the conflict.Fought over a great ocean and vast battlefields using the most sophisticated weapons available, the Pacific War transformed the modern world. Not only did it introduce the …
U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941–45
Av Sandra Wilson, Michael Sturma m. fl.
Inbunden, 2022
2193 kr
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The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-45 analyzes the Pacific War with a focus on America’s participation in the conflict.Fought over a great ocean and vast battlefields using the most sophisticated weapons available, the Pacific War transformed the modern world. Not only did it introduce the …
Surface and Destroy
The Submarine Gun War in the Pacific
E-bok, 2011
616 kr
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World War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack. Between the ocean floor and the rolling whitecaps above, submarines patrolled a dark abyss in a fusion of silence, shadows, and steel, firing around eleven thousand torpedoes, sinking …
USS Flier
Death and Survival on a World War II Submarine
E-bok, 2008
221 kr
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The realities of WWII underwater warfare come to life in this chronicle of a submarine sunk in the Philippines—and the remarkable sailors who survived.The fate of the USS Flier is one of the most astonishing stories of the Second World War. On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank …
Surface and Destroy
The Submarine Gun War in the Pacific
E-bok, 2011
394 kr
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World War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack. Between the ocean floor and the rolling whitecaps above, submarines patrolled a dark abyss in a fusion of silence, shadows, and steel, firing around eleven thousand torpedoes, sinking …
USS Flier
Death and Survival on a World War II Submarine
E-bok, 2008
221 kr
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The realities of WWII underwater warfare come to life in this chronicle of a submarine sunk in the Philippines—and the remarkable sailors who survived.The fate of the USS Flier is one of the most astonishing stories of the Second World War. On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank …
U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-45
Av J. Charles Schencking, Dean Aszkielowicz m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
767 kr
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The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-45 analyzes the Pacific War with a focus on America’s participation in the conflict. Fought over a great ocean and vast battlefields using the most sophisticated weapons available, the Pacific War transformed the modern world. Not only did it introduce the …
U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-45
Av J. Charles Schencking, Dean Aszkielowicz m. fl.
E-bok, 2022
767 kr
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The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-45 analyzes the Pacific War with a focus on America’s participation in the conflict. Fought over a great ocean and vast battlefields using the most sophisticated weapons available, the Pacific War transformed the modern world. Not only did it introduce the …
Hellships Down
Allied POWs and the Sinking of the Rakuyo Maru and Kachidoki Maru
Häftad, 2021
502 kr
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On 12 September 1944, a wolfpack of U.S. submarines attacked the Japanese convoy HI-72 in the South China Sea. Among the ships sunk were two carrying Allied prisoners of war. Men who had already endured the trials of Japanese captivity faced a renewed struggle for survival at sea.This book tells …
Death at a Distance
The Loss of the Legendary USS Harder
E-bok, 2013
436 kr
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Only seven U.S. submariners earned the Medal of Honor in World War II. Sam Dealey, the USS Harder''s commander, was one of them. His honor was awarded posthumously after the entire crew was lost off Bataan during a depth-charge attack in August 1944 by a Japanese convoy. The Harder''s fighting …
Fremantle's Submarines
How Allied Submariners and Western Australians Helped Win the War in the Pacific
E-bok, 2015
477 kr
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From unpromising beginnings in March 1942, the submarine base at Fremantle became a vital part of the Allied offensive against Japan. Pushed back from the Philippines and the Netherlands East Indies, American submariners, accompanied by small numbers of Dutch, retreated to Fremantle on the remote …
Death at a Distance
The Loss of the Legendary USS Harder
Inbunden, 2013
348 kr
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Only seven US submariners earned the Medal of Honor in World War II. Sam Dealey, the USS Harder’s commander, was one of them. His award was made posthumously after the entire crew was lost off Bataan in a depth-charge attack by a Japanese convoy in August 1944.The Harder’s fighting spirit is …
Fremantle's Submarines
How Allied Submariners and Western Australians Helped to Win the War in the Pacific
Inbunden, 2015
594 kr
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From unpromising beginnings in March 1942, the Allied submarine base at Fremantle on the west coast of Australia became a vital part of the Allied offensive against Japan. Pushed back from the Philippines and the Netherlands' East Indies, American submariners, accompanied by a small group of Dutch …
