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Hawai'i Chronicles III: World War 2 in Hawaii, from the Pages of Paradise of the Pacific (Latitude 20 Books) (Latitude...
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by Bob Dye
Sales Rank: 2072383
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List Price: $19.95
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Cover Type: Paperback with 353 pages
Published by: University of Hawaii Press October 2000
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0824822897
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0824822897
Book Dimensions:
8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 1.2 pounds
Book Description
Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941--in the words of President Franklin Roosevelt, "a date which will live in infamy." More than 350 Japanese bombers, fighters, and torpedo planes struck Hawaii in two waves, sinking or disabling eighteen ships and destroying more than two hundred aircraft. Close to 2,500 American military and civilians died that morning, another 1,178 were wounded. The Hawaiian Islands had been pulled into the Pacific War and the lives of its citizens were irrevocably changed.
Hawaii Chronicles III: World War II in Hawaii looks at the human and social impact of the war on the people of Hawaii from 1938, when speculation of a Pacific War first surfaced, to the era of post-war prosperity that followed. Editor Bob Dye has selected articles that originally appeared in the popular monthly magazine Paradise of the Pacific (now known as HONOLULU magazine). An introduction describes the history of the magazine and the colorful characters who published and edited it. Dye then poses the question: How did Hawaii's citizenry cope with the war? Blackouts, media censorship, gas and food rationing were imposed. Schools were commandeered, jobs were changed or modified to support the war effort (lei makers were set to making camouflage netting). And soldiers were everywhere: stringing barbed wire (along Waikiki Beach!), guarding public buildings and searching anyone who entered, worrying parents when they dated their daughters. Paradise of the Pacific provided its readers with an informative, perceptive, and often entertaining look at these and other everyday experiences of life in wartime Hawaii.
About The Author
Bob Dye is a Hawaii-based freelance writer.
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