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Stepping stones to nowhere : the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American military strategy, 1867-1945 / Galen Roger Perras.
Van Pelt Library D769.87.A4 P47 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Perras, Galen Roger, 1961-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Alaska--Aleutian Islands.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1 One of Our Great Strategic Points: Alaskan Defence, 1867-1934 3
- 2 He Who Holds Alaska Will Hold the World: Alaskan Security, 1934-41 28
- 3 Entirely Open to Attack: Aleutian Defence, December 1941 to June 1942 54
- 4 All Commanders on Minor Fronts Regard Their Own Actions As Highly Important: July 1942 to January 1943 87
- 5 Total Destruction Is the Only Answer: Westward to Attu 111
- 6 A Strong Alaska Means a Foot-Loose Fleet: Kiska's Capture 136
- 7 We Have Opened the Door to Tokyo: Plans to Take the Kurile Islands, 1943-5 158
- 8 Stepping Stones to Nowhere 179.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0774809892
- OCLC:
- 50942185
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