Day of reckoning /Lachlan Strahan.
Strahan, Lachlan, 1965-
Day of reckoning /Lachlan Strahan. - Canberra : Pandanus Books, (c)2005. - 1 online resource. - Sullivan's Creek publication series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Preliminaries; Table of contents; Prologue Sunday Afternoon; Chapter One On the Edge of the Great Deep Blue; Chapter Two An Armed Rebellion in Paradise?; Chapter Three In the Midnight Dark; Chapter Four Post-Mortem; Chapter Five A Great and Powerful Friend; Chapter Six Dark Deeds; Chapter Seven On the Brink; Chapter Eight Judgment Day; Chapter Nine A Death in the Spice Islands; Chapter Ten Aftermaths; Epilogue; Endnotes; Abbreviations; Index.
In 1948, as the jungle reclaimed the detritus left by World War II, a series of violent crimes were committed in Papua New Guinea and the Dutch East Indies. Linked by questions of race, the civil and military authorities of Australia, the United States, China, the Netherlands and the Philippines were stung into action. Lachlan Strahan weaves the facts of these crimes into a story of compelling interest. This highly original history skilfully explores the complexities of international relations and paints a vivid portrait of people trying to cope with a confused and rapidly changing postwar wo.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781740762090 9781740761673
International relations.
Electronic Books.
DU740 / .D396 2005
Day of reckoning /Lachlan Strahan. - Canberra : Pandanus Books, (c)2005. - 1 online resource. - Sullivan's Creek publication series .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Preliminaries; Table of contents; Prologue Sunday Afternoon; Chapter One On the Edge of the Great Deep Blue; Chapter Two An Armed Rebellion in Paradise?; Chapter Three In the Midnight Dark; Chapter Four Post-Mortem; Chapter Five A Great and Powerful Friend; Chapter Six Dark Deeds; Chapter Seven On the Brink; Chapter Eight Judgment Day; Chapter Nine A Death in the Spice Islands; Chapter Ten Aftermaths; Epilogue; Endnotes; Abbreviations; Index.
In 1948, as the jungle reclaimed the detritus left by World War II, a series of violent crimes were committed in Papua New Guinea and the Dutch East Indies. Linked by questions of race, the civil and military authorities of Australia, the United States, China, the Netherlands and the Philippines were stung into action. Lachlan Strahan weaves the facts of these crimes into a story of compelling interest. This highly original history skilfully explores the complexities of international relations and paints a vivid portrait of people trying to cope with a confused and rapidly changing postwar wo.
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
9781740762090 9781740761673
International relations.
Electronic Books.
DU740 / .D396 2005