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Title: STEPPING STONES TO NOWHERE
THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA, AND AMERICAN MILITARY STRATEGY, 1867-1945
By: Galen Roger Perras
Format: Paperback

List price: £29.99


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ISBN 10: 0774809906
ISBN 13: 9780774809900
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS
Pub. date: 1 January, 2004
Pages: 288
Description: Galen Perras shows how that changed with the Japanese occupation of the western Aleutians, which climaxed in the horrendous battle for Attu during the Second World War.
Synopsis: The Aleutian Islands, a mostly forgotten portion of the UnitedStates on the southwest coast of Alaska, have often assumed a key rolein American military strategy. W.H. Seward, the US secretary of statewho brokered the purchase of Alaska, believed that the acquisitionwould permit the United States to dominate the Pacific. In the 1990s,Bill Clinton attempted to install an American ballistic missile defencesystem on the islands. But for most Americans, prior to the SecondWorld War, the bleak and barren islands were of far less interest thanthe Philippines.In Stepping Stones to Nowhere, Galen Perras shows how thatchanged with the Japanese occupation of the western Aleutians, whichclimaxed in the horrendous battle for Attu. Efforts to make the area amajor theatre of war rivalling Europe or the South Pacific foundered,but certainly not for lack of effort. The campaign was unique in itsinvolvement of Britain, the Soviet Union, and Canada. Perras revealshow this clash in the North Pacific demonstrated serious problems withthe way that American civilian and military decision makers sought toincite a global conflict.Thoroughly researched and accessible, this book will be invaluableto military and naval historians as well as those with a generalinterest in the history of the Second World War.
Illustrations: 14 b&w photos, 1 map
Publication: Canada
Imprint: University of British Columbia Press
Returns: Returnable
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