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| TITLE: |
Ramparts of the Pacific / Hallett Edward Abend |
| AUTHOR: |
Abend, Hallett Edward, 1884- |
| PUBLISHED: |
New York : Doran and Company, inc., 1942. |
| DESCRIPTION: |
xii, 332 p.; frontispiece, plates., 24 cm. |
| NOTES: |
"First edition." |
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At head of title: Hallett Abend. |
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Map on lining-papers. |
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Chasing the sun -- Not alert enough -- Island steppingstones -- On to Down Under -- Far outpost of courage -- White man's continent -- The record -- The man behind the record -- Australia, our base -- Straining imperial ties -- Australia's future -- What Columbus sought -- Soft spoken, hard hitting -- Java's human air-raid siren -- What recompense? -- "Those indomitable Dutch" -- Manila in October -- We taste defeat -- The great prize -- China looks ahead -- Ordeal for Shanghai -- The inevitable clash -- That eighth point -- Vulnerable at last? -- Yes, the Japanese can fly -- How diplomats "plant" news -- Nomura the dupe? -- "Oh, Nippon! How nutty!" -- "Not for a thousand years -- " -- The men we fight today -- With a month to spare. |
| SUBJECT: |
World War (1939-1945). |
| SUBJECT: |
World War, 1939-1945 --Oceania. |
| SUBJECT: |
Travel. |
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Eastern question (Far East). |
| SUBJECT: |
Oceania --Description and travel. |
| SUBJECT: |
Oceania. |
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