Reluctant Nation: Australia and the Allied Defeat of Japan, 1942-45 – David Day Flitsaanbieding

Reluctant Nation deals with a vital period in the history of the modern world as the Second World War spread into the Pacific, engulfing the European empires and dragging the United States into the war. The present political geography of the Pacific was established during these years as the Allies fought Japan while keeping a wary eye on each other as they jostled for post-war dominance. Despite repeated assurances by Churchill, Britain fought a limited war in the Pacific as she sought to limit the politica…