Brutal War : : Jungle Fighting in Papua New Guinea, 1942 / / James Jay Carafano.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Carafano, James Jay,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (283 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; 1 A War to Remember --; 2 The Allies’ War --; 3 Japan’s War --; 4 Of Muck and Men --; 5 Forward into the Jungle --; 6 The Jungle’s First Battle --; 7 Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels --; 8 Regulars, by God --; 9 Don’t Come Back Alive --; 10 An Unfair Fight --; 11 Aftermath --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626379510; 9783110783520
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626379510
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: James Jay Carafano.

In 1942, US and Australian forces waged a brutal war against the Japanese in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. Plunged into a primitive, hostile world in which their modes of battle seemed out of place and time, they fought, suffered, hated, starved, and killed in muck and mud. James Carafano’s vivid history brings this all to life. Ranging from detailed descriptions of specific battles to accounts of the fates of prisoners and the crucial role played by New Guinea’s Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, Carafano chronicles the grueling, and ultimately successful, Allied campaign, telling a tale of war at the very edge of human endurance.