Prelude to the Monsoon : : Assignment in Sumatra / / G. F. Jacobs.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Package Archive 1898-1999
• VerfasserIn: Jacobs, G. F.,
• TeilnehmendeR: James, D. Clayton.
• Place / Publishing House: Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2016]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Edition: Reprint 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Anniversary Collection
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Foreword --; Introduction --; I. A Journey Foreseen --; II. Arrival by Parachute --; III. First Encounter --; IV. The Going becomes Tougher --; V. Flight in a Japanese Bomber --; VI. The Living Dead --; VII. Incident on the Equator --; VIII. In Search of Survivors --; IX. Strange Allies --; X. Lady Mountbatten --; XI. Mass Murder --; XII. New Complications --; XIII. Time Runs Out --; XIV. End of the Road --; XV. Departure --; Notes
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781512802856; 9783110442526
• DOI: 10.9783/9781512802856
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: G. F. Jacobs.

The author's personal eyewitness account of the developments in Sumatra immediately after the Japanese surrender in August of 1945 combines the excitement and adventure of a fast-paced novel with a valuable record of a lost portion of history.