Alaska's hidden wars
Subtitle: secret campaigns on the North Pacific rim
By: Otis Hays, Jr.
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Fairbanks
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Alaska -- Aleutian Islands; World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Russia -- Kuril Islands; Aleutian Islands (Alaska) -- History, Military; Kuril Islands (Russia) -- History, Military
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-174) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Aleutian Islands, 1941/1943; title: 1. Lowering the security curtain; title: 2. Confrontation in the Aleutians; title: 3. The secret Nisei in the Aleutian Campaign; title: 4. Nisei support at Attu and Kiska; title: 5. The Tatsuguchi diary; title: The Kurile Islands, 1943/1945; title: 6. Looking beyond the Aleutians; title: 7. American prisoners in the Kuriles; title: 8. Whither the North Pacific weather?; title: 9. American deception and Japanese reaction; title: 10. The waiting period in the North Pacific; title: 11. Soviet presence in the North Pacific; title: 12. Lifting the security curtain.