The Third Force: Angau's New Guinea War, 1942-46

by Alan Powell

The Australian New Guinea Administrative Unit (ANGAU), an Australian Army unit, superseded the civilian government of Papua New Guinea early in 1942 and administered the area until mid-1946. This book traces all major aspects of ANGAU's war. It provides the only full-length study of Papua New Guinean interaction with Australian and American armed forces in the Second World War, filling a considerable gap in the study of Australia's colonial administration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195516397
• ISBN13: 9780195516395
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.1" x 6.2"