Brutal War : Jungle Fighting in Papua New Guinea 1942.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carafano, James Jay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Papua New Guinea.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Jungle warfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Brutal War

Place of Publication:

Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

In 1942, US and Australian forces waged a brutal war against the Japanese in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. Plunged into a primitive, hostile world in which their modes of battle seemed out of place and time, they fought, suffered, hated, starved, and killed in muck and mud. James Carafano's vivid history brings this all to life. Ranging from detailed descriptions of specific battles to accounts of the fates of prisoners and the crucial role played by New Guinea's Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, Carafano chronicles the grueling, and ultimately successful, Allied campaign, telling a tale of war at the very edge of human endurance.

Contents:

Intro

Title page

copyright page

dedication

Contents

Ch1- A War to Remember

The Themes of Battle

Notes

Ch2- The Allies' War

Meeting of Minds

The Aussies' War

Map: The Second World War Pacific Theater

Lifeline of a Guiding Idea

Difficult Choices

Ch3- Japan's War

Carriers at War

Tokyo's Way of War

Victory Disease?

Fateful Choices

Map: Japanese Attacks Along the Malay Barrier

Fight on the Flank

Aftermath

Crisis in Command

Ch4- Of Muck and Men

The Place

Map: Papua New Guinea

The Terrain

Jungle Hollywood

The Other Place

Down Under

Army at Dawn

Sons of the Rising Sun

Diggers at Dawn

Blind War

Ch5- Forward into the Jungle

The Empire Strikes Back

Ri Operational Study

Ch6- The Jungle's First Battle

Next Move

Forward into Battle

Day of Battle

After the Battle

Ch7- Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels

The Other World

Photo: Papuan patrol in the highlands

Natives at War

Battle for the Mind

The Manpower War

View from the Other Side

Ch8- Regulars, by God

Turning the Tide

Desperate Hours

The Grim Face of Battle

A Fateful Fight

Victory in Defeat

Ch9- Don't Come Back Alive

The Upside Down War

Map: Engagement along the Kokoda Trail Campaign in New Guinea

The Unsettled War

No War for Old Men

Photo: American GIs tend to wounded Aussie

Ike's Trials

Weight of War

Sun Begins to Set

Battle for Buna

Photo: Evacuating Australian wounded as Americans move up

Measure of Men

Photo: Eichelberger and Blamey at captured Buna Mission

Ch10- An Unfair Fight

Photo: Caring for a Japanese POW

Operation Cartwheel

Setting Sun

Sinews of War

The Lifeblood of War

War from the Clouds

Empty Skies

Zero Hour.

Firepower at the Front

Ch11- Aftermath

Ending the Never-Ending War

Fog of History

Remembering War

War and Popular Culture

Reclaiming the Other

Global Conflict

Bibliography

Index

About the Book.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-62637-951-3

OCLC:

1242578025