Stepping stones to nowhere : the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American military strategy, 1867-1945

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Stepping stones to nowhere : the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and American military strategy, 1867-1945

Galen Roger Perras

UBC Press, c2003

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Revision of the author's thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Waterloo, 1995

Bibliography: p. 248-266

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The Aleutian Islands, a mostly forgotten portion of the United Stateson the southwest coast of Alaska, have often assumed a key role inAmerican military strategy. But for most Americans, prior to the SecondWorld War, the bleak and barren islands were of little interest. InStepping Stones to Nowhere, Galen Perras shows how that changed withthe Japanese occupation of the western Aleutians, which climaxed in thehorrendous battle for Attu. Perras reveals how this clash in the NorthPacific demonstrated serious problems with the way that Americancivilian and military decision makers sought to incite a globalconflict.

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Introduction 1 One of Our Great Strategic Points: Alaskan Defence, 1867-1934 2 He Who Holds Alaska Will Hold the World: Alaskan Security,1934-41 3 Entirely Open to Attack: Aleutian Defence, December 1941 to June1942 4 All commanders on minor fronts regard their own actions as highlyimportant: July 1942 to January 1943 5 Total Destruction Is the Only Answer: Westward to Attu 6 A Strong Alaska Means a Foot-Loose Fleet: Kiska'sCapture 7 We Have Opened the Door to Tokyo: Plans to Take the KurileIslands, 1943-5 8 Stepping Stones to Nowhere Notes Bibliography Index

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