| Action in the East
(1942)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Non-Fiction |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 - East Asia; World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives, South African |
| Publication Date |
1942 |
| Format |
Hardcover (8.7
mm)
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| Publisher |
Doubleday, Doran |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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| Personal Details |
| Store |
Alibris |
| Purchase Price |
$12.94 |
| Acquire Date |
8/22/2010 |
| Condition |
Very Good/Good |
| Rating |
0 |
| Links |
Library of Congress
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
D767 .G3 |
| Dewey |
940.542 |
| Edition |
[1st ed.] |
| No. of Pages |
300 |
| First Edition |
Yes |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes/Review |
VG+/VG- W/Dust Jacket 300pgs 1/8" x 1/2" chip head of spine, 1/8" x 3/8" on foot of spine, DJ nicked head & foot of spine & at 3 fre-edge corners, 1/2" DJ tear bottom front fore-edge corner, ink owner name, note on half title page, o.w. clean & tight
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Gallagher was one of two journalists aboard the Repulse when she was sunk (the other was Cecil Brown. See "Suez to Singapore"). After the fall of Singapore, he went to Rangoon and Mandalay. This is his story. I like the books by journalists that are published during the war. They give a sense of immediacy and any analysis of greater events is not aided by the lens of history. These reports also sometimes tend to jingoism. Gallagher typically refers to the Japanese as "Japs" and several times as "apes".
Not the best of the journalist reports I've read (I thought Brown's book was better), but a quick read and entertaining. |
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