Prelude to the Monsoon : Assignment in Sumatra / G. F. Jacobs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jacobs, G. F., Author.

Contributor:

James, D. Clayton

Series:

Anniversary Collection

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jacobs, Gideon Francois, 1922-.

Jacobs, Gideon Francois.

Intelligence officers--South Africa--Biography.

Intelligence officers.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, South African.

World War, 1939-1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Indonesia.

Indonesia--History--1945-.

Indonesia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2016

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The author's personal eyewitness account of the developments in Sumatra immediately after the Japanese surrender in August of 1945 combines the excitement and adventure of a fast-paced novel with a valuable record of a lost portion of history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Foreword

Introduction

I. A Journey Foreseen

II. Arrival by Parachute

III. First Encounter

IV. The Going becomes Tougher

V. Flight in a Japanese Bomber

VI. The Living Dead

VII. Incident on the Equator

VIII. In Search of Survivors

IX. Strange Allies

X. Lady Mountbatten

XI. Mass Murder

XII. New Complications

XIII. Time Runs Out

XIV. End of the Road

XV. Departure

Notes

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781512802856

1512802859

OCLC:

979625076