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Panic on the Pacific : how America prepared for a West Coast invasion / Bill Yenne.
Author
Yenne, Bill, 1949-
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Language
English
Published/Created
Washington, DC : Regnery History, [2016]
©2016
Description
xxi, 294 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
D769.85.P3 Y46 2016
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World War, 1939-1945
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Pacific States
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World War, 1939-1945
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Japan
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Civil defense
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Pacific States
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Pacific States
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History
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20th century
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Summary note
"The aftershocks of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor were felt keenly all over America-the war in Europe had hit home. But nowhere was American life more immediately disrupted than on the West Coast, where people lived in certain fear of more Japanese attacks. From that day until the end of the war, a dizzying mix of battle preparedness and rampant paranoia swept the states. Japanese immigrants were herded into internment camps. Factories were camouflaged to look like small towns. The Rose Bowl was moved to North Carolina. Airport runways were so well hidden even American pilots couldn't find them. There was panic on the Pacific coast: the Japanese were coming."-- From publisher.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-272) and index.
Contents
Three states on the eve of war
The General : John Lesesne DeWitt
An army before dawn
DeWitt's army
A distant, vulnerable land
The sudden darkness of fear
The unthinkable realization
A theater of woeful shortages
The Japanese next door
The battle of the California coast
The spies next door
Into the cold uncertainty of a new year
In a climate of fear
The cactuses of Goleta
The battle of Los Angeles
The boss out here
Hidden in plane sight
Illusion in the Emerald City
The great Japanese offensive
The submarines return
Bringing the war ashore
The final blows came from the sky
The waning power of the boss
Pacific vision
Invasion day
The battle is joined
Beyond the first contact.
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How America prepared for a West Coast invasion
ISBN
1621574970 ((hardcover))
9781621574972 ((hardcover))
OCLC
945232345
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