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100 | 1 | _aRISEMAN Noah J | |
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_aDefending whose country? : _bindigenous soldiers in the Pacific war / _cNoah Riseman. |
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_aLincoln : _bUniversity of Nebraska Press, _c2012. |
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300 | _axii, 304 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. | ||
504 | _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [271]-296) and index. | ||
520 | _aThis is a comparative study of the military participation of Papua New Guineans, Yolngu, and Navajos in the Pacific War. In examining the decisions of state and military leaders to bring indigenous peoples into military service, as well as the decisions of indigenous individuals to serve in the armed forces. | ||
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_aWORLD WAR, 1939-1945 _x CRYPTOGRAPHY |
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_aASUTRALIA _x ARMED FORCES _x ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS |
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