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020 _a9780803237933 (hbk.) :
_c43.95GBP
100 1 _aRISEMAN Noah J
245 _aDefending whose country? :
_bindigenous soldiers in the Pacific war /
_cNoah Riseman.
260 _aLincoln :
_bUniversity of Nebraska Press,
_c2012.
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.
650 _aWORLD WAR, 1939-1945
_x CRYPTOGRAPHY
650 _aASUTRALIA
_x ARMED FORCES
_x ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANS
945 _i54965-1001
_rY
_sY
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