9780803237933 - Defending Whose Country?: Indigenous Soldiers in the Pacific War von Riseman, Noah Jed (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 304 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. Reconsiders the impact of the largely forgotten contributions of indigenous soldiers in the Second World War&Uumlber den AutorNoah Riseman is a senior lecturer in history at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. This book is .

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In the campaign against Japan in the Pacific during the Second World War, the armed forces of the United States, Australia, andthe Australian colonies of Papua and New Guinea made use of indigenous peoples in new capacities. The United States had long used American Indians as soldiers and scouts in frontier conflicts and in wars with other nations. With the advent of the Navajo Code Talkers in the Pacific theater, Native servicemen were now being employed for contributions that were unique to their Native cultures. In contrast, Australia, Papua, and New Guinea had long attempted to keep indigenous peoples out of the armed forces altogether. With the threat of Japanese invasion, however, they began to bring indigenous peoples into the military as guerilla patrollers, coastwatchers, and regular soldiers.