The faraway war : personal diaries of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific
Aldrich, Richard J. (Richard James), 1961-2006
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From the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the moment when the atomic bomb was dropped upon Hiroshima, this book explores the Second World War in the Pacific. It offers a range of diaries, focusing both on ordinary people, and on celebrated figures such as Evelyn Waugh, Charles Lindbergh, Harry Truman and Joyce Grenfell.
Main title:
The faraway war : personal diaries of the Second World War in Asia and the Pacific / Richard J. Aldrich.
Imprint:
London : Corgi, 2006.
Collation:
909 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Doubleday, 2005.Includes index.Bibliography: p. 854-865.
ISBN:
05521510929780552151092
Dewey class:
940.5'425'0922940.54250922940.5425
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
153313