Death of a Coast Watcher
Title | Death of a Coast Watcher PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony English |
Publisher | Monsoon Books |
Pages | 384 |
Release | 2020-10-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1912049716 |
In 1943 on Bougainville Island, New Guinea, a Japanese officer beheads Hugh Rand, an Australian spy — a coast watcher. The spectators include villagers he terrorised as his mind frayed under the stress of pursuit by soldiers and their hounds. Rand’s influence transcends his death. For decades he plagues characters who strive to cope with him and one another in New Guinea, the Gilbert Islands, Australia and Japan. Who misperceives? Lies? Self-destructs? Suffers? Loves? The layers unfold as the author entices us through cultural, historical and intellectual curtains, deep into minds and relationships disturbed by the Pacific war and Rand’s legacy.
The Coastwatchers: Operation Ferdinand and the Fight for the South Pacific
Title | The Coastwatchers: Operation Ferdinand and the Fight for the South Pacific PDF eBook |
Author | Eric A. Feldt |
Publisher | Lulu.com |
Pages | 202 |
Release | 2019-08-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0359860710 |
The Coastwatchers is the fascinating story of the unsung heroic civilian spotters of World War 2 who roamed the coastlines of their home islands and reported back enemy sightings to Allied Intelligence. Author Eric Feldt led Operation Ferdinand, part of the build-up to the Normandy landings, in which the Coastwatchers, by this time on the US Navy's payroll, played a critical role. His intimate knowledge of Ferdinand, and his familiarity with the Coastwatchers of the Pacific islands, provides a unique perspective on this little known but important chapter of military history.
Solomon Islanders in World War II
Title | Solomon Islanders in World War II PDF eBook |
Author | Anna Annie Kwai |
Publisher | ANU Press |
Pages | 149 |
Release | 2017-12-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1760461660 |
The Solomon Islands Campaign of World War II has been the subject of many published historical accounts. Most of these accounts present an ‘outsider’ perspective with limited reference to the contribution of indigenous Solomon Islanders as coastwatchers, scouts, carriers and labourers under the Royal Australian Navy and other Allied military units. Where islanders are mentioned, they are represented as ‘loyal’ helpers. The nature of local contributions in the war and their impact on islander perceptions are more complex than has been represented in these outsiders’ perspectives. Islander encounters with white American troops enabled self-awareness of racial relationships and inequality under the colonial administration, which sparked struggles towards recognition and political autonomy that emerged in parts of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate in the postwar period. Exploitation of postwar military infrastructure by the colonial administration laid the foundation for later sociopolitical upheaval experienced by the country. In the aftermath of the 1998 crisis, the supposed unity and pride that prevailed among islanders during the war has been seen as an avenue whereby different ethnic identities can be unified. This national unification process entailed the construction of the ‘Pride of our Nation’ monument that aims to restore the pride and identity of Solomon Islanders.
Conflict in Kiribati
Title | Conflict in Kiribati PDF eBook |
Author | Peter McQuarrie |
Publisher | |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Kiribati |
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Documents the political, social and military context of the Second World War as it affected Kiribati. Uses oral and written accounts from people directly involved and official records.
Death in Venice
Title | Death in Venice PDF eBook |
Author | Thomas Mann |
Publisher | DigiCat |
Pages | 82 |
Release | 2023-11-20 |
Genre | Fiction |
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"Death in Venice" by Thomas Mann (translated by Kenneth Burke). Published by DigiCat. DigiCat publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each DigiCat edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
The Coast Watchers
Title | The Coast Watchers PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Lindsay |
Publisher | Random House Australia |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1742753124 |
After Pearl Harbor, Japan swept unchecked through the Pacific. But a tiny band of brave men stayed behind the enemy lines. Aided by loyal islanders, they watched and they warned. They were the Coast Watchers. They saved countless lives - including that of future US President John F. Kennedy - and they changed the course of the Pacific War. They knew capture meant certain execution but, while the Japanese hunted them, they moved and hid in the jungle, taking their cumbersome teleradios with them (equipment that took more than a dozen men to transport). They warned of Japanese air strikes, reported on the movements of their shipping and troops, and saved scores of downed airmen. Their reports gave vital warning time to the Allies and allowed them to take a decisive toll on the enemy. The famed American admiral, William 'Bull' Halsey summed it up- 'Guadalcanal saved the Pacific, and the Coast Watchers saved Guadalcanal.'
Ghost Rider
Title | Ghost Rider PDF eBook |
Author | Neil Peart |
Publisher | ECW Press |
Pages | 547 |
Release | 2002-06 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1554907063 |
In less than a year, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. That lack of direction lead him on a 5