Defending Whose Country?: Indigenous Soldiers in the Pacific War
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In the campaign against Japan in the Pacific during the Second World War, the armed forces of the United States, Australia, and the 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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0803237936
ISBN13:9780803237933
Release Date:December 2012
Publisher:University of Nebraska Press
Length:336 Pages
Weight:1.45 lbs.
Dimensions:1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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