Prelude to the Monsoon : Assignment in Sumatra

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jacobs, G. F.
Other Authors: James, D. Clayton
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Subjects:
Jacobs, Gideon Francois, > 1922-
Since 1939
World War, 1939-1945 > Indonesia.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, South African.
Intelligence officers > South Africa > Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
Intelligence officers
Indonesia > History > 1945-
Indonésie > Histoire > 1945-
Indonesia
South Africa
Biographies
History
Personal narratives > South African
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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

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