Prelude to the Monsoon : Assignment in Sumatra /
The author's personal eyewitness account of the developments in Sumatra immediately after the Japanese surrender in August of 1945 combines the excitement and adventure of a fast-paced novel with a valuable record of a lost portion of history.
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Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
[2016]
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Foreword
- Introduction
- I.A Journey Foreseen
- II. Arrival by Parachute
- III. First Encounter
- IV. The Going becomes Tougher
- V. Flight in a Japanese Bomber
- VI. The Living Dead
- VII. Incident on the Equator
- VIII. In Search of Survivors
- IX. Strange Allies
- X. Lady Mountbatten
- XI. Mass Murder
- XII. New Complications
- XIII. Time Runs Out
- XIV. End of the Road
- XV. Departure
- Notes