Reluctant Nation: Australia and the Allied Defeat of Japan 1942-45

by David Day

This book deals with a vital period in the history of the modern world as the Second World War spread into the Pacific, engulfing the European empires and dragging the United States into the war. The present political geography of the Pacific was established during these years as the Allies fought Japan. The Allies also were busy keeping a wary eye on each other as they jostled for post-war dominance. Despite repeated assurances by Churchill, Britain...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195532422
• ISBN13: 9780195532425
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.8"