HELL IN THE PACIFIC

Author: Jonathan Lewis and Ben Steele

Publisher: Channel 4 Books

Year published: 2001

Pagination: 288pp, 44 b/w photos, 6 maps, chronology, biblio, index

Condition: v/good in slightly creased d/w

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The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in December 1941 propelled the United States into WWII. On remote islands and in dense jungles both sides threw away the rule book. The authors trace the deep-set roots of atrocities, and the endemic racism that blinkered military and civilian perception on both sides. This war between Japan and America was also Britain's 'forgotten war', and a war fought by many other countries, including Australia and New Zealand. It was also a war waged against civilians, leading ultimately to the world's only use of atomic weapons.