Challenge For The Pacific

Author : Robert Leckie
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780553386912

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Challenge for the Pacific by Robert Leckie Pdf

From Robert Leckie, the World War II veteran and New York Times bestselling author of Helmet for My Pillow, whose experiences were featured in the HBO miniseries The Pacific, comes this vivid narrative of the astonishing six-month campaign for Guadalcanal. From the Japanese soldiers’ carefully calculated—and ultimately foiled—attempt to build a series of impregnable island forts on the ground to the tireless efforts of the Americans who struggled against a tenacious adversary and the temperature and terrain of the island itself, Robert Leckie captures the loneliness, the agony, and the heat of twenty-four-hour-a-day fighting on Guadalcanal. Combatants from both sides are brought to life: General Archer Vandegrift, who first assembled an amphibious strike force; Isoroku Yamamoto, the naval general whose innovative strategy was tested; the island-born Allied scout Jacob Vouza, who survived hideous torture to uncover the enemy’s plans; and Saburo Sakai, the ace flier who shot down American planes with astonishing ease. Propelling the Allies to eventual victory, Guadalcanal was truly the turning point of the war. Challenge for the Pacific is an unparalleled, authoritative account of this great fight that forever changed our world.

Author : Donald K. Alper,John Chadwick Day,James Loucky
Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781552382233

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Transboundary Policy Challenges in the Pacific Border Regions of North America by Donald K. Alper,John Chadwick Day,James Loucky Pdf

"Transboundary Policy Challenges" responds to a growing interest in borderlands environmental policy by highlighting significant transboundary research and practices being undertaken within and across the Pacific border regions of North America. Growing concern about the seriousness of environmental problems, particularly in high-growth border areas, coupled with the rising awareness of the complexities entailed in wise development decisions, has spurred recognition that new realities require new responses. Critical for effective environmental protection, restoration, and education is a sharing of understanding and effort across borders. "Transboundary Policy Challenges" advances transborder environmental research and discusses sensible policy directions with particular focus on critical areas of international concern and engagement: land and water use planning; regional growth management; trade and transportation corridors; environmental education; and travel and tourism. Contributors to the volume represent a range of disciplines, as well as institutions in Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

Author : Toshi Yoshihara,James R. Holmes
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1591149797

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Red Star Over the Pacific by Toshi Yoshihara,James R. Holmes Pdf

Original publication and copyright date: 2010.

Author : Philip Culbertson,Margaret Nelson Agee,Cabrini Ofa Makasiale
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-30
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780824832247

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Penina Uliuli by Philip Culbertson,Margaret Nelson Agee,Cabrini Ofa Makasiale Pdf

This diverse collection of essays examines important issues related to mental health among Pacific Islanders through the topics of identity, spirituality, the unconscious, mental trauma, and healing. Contributors: Emeline Afeaki-Mafile‘o, Margaret Nelson Agee, Siautu Alefaio, A. Aukahi Austin, Tina Berking, Philip Culbertson, Caroline Salumalo Fatialofa, Yvette Guttenbeil-Po‘uhila, Joseph Keawe‘aimoku Kaholokula, David Lui, Karen Lupe, Maika Lutui, Cabrini ‘Ofa Makasiale, Tavita T. Maliko, Peta Pila Palalagi, Suiamai Simi, Seilosa Skipps-Patterson, Karanina Siaosi Sumeo, To‘oa Jemaima Tiatia, Sione Tu‘itahi, Fia T. Turner-Tupou.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : LOC:00117515655

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The Challenge of Terrorism in Asia and the Pacific by United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific Pdf

Author : Minyi Li,Jillian Fox,Susan Grieshaber
Publisher : Springer
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789811022074

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Contemporary Issues and Challenge in Early Childhood Education in the Asia-Pacific Region by Minyi Li,Jillian Fox,Susan Grieshaber Pdf

This book investigates the unique and dynamic approaches to key issues of changing images of child and childhood, by different countries in the Asia-Pacific. Key concepts considered are re-conceptualizing early childhood education and care, re-eaxming early learning standards and redefining professionalism. The Asia Pacific region includes countries belonging to both the Majority and Minority worlds and which vary widely in terms of their cultural geography, social-cultural beliefs, and levels of development, demographic profiles, political systems and government commitments to early childhood services. An international team of experienced researchers from different countries guarantees diverse perspectives. By examining different countries’ policy choices and evidence-based practices, the authors show how best to provide for young children based on their countries’ strategies.

Author : Elodie Fache,Simonne Pauwels,Valérie Allain
Publisher : pacific-credo Publications
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-28
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9782956398165

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Fisheries in the Pacific by Elodie Fache,Simonne Pauwels,Valérie Allain Pdf

Fisheries in the Pacific: The Challenges of Governance and Sustainability is a multidisciplinary book, which examines various aspects of coastal and oceanic fisheries in Pacific waters. These interrelated fisheries sectors are critical for regional food security and also represent a reserve of food resources for the rest of the world. The introduction and eight chapters highlight that both these sectors raise major economic and ecological issues while revealing significant social changes, political asymmetries and alliances, geostrategic rationales, developments in legislation, customary dynamics, and conservation challenges. Through complementary approaches and interpretations of both quantitative and qualitative data, this book aims to contribute to a better understanding of the current situation of fisheries in the Pacific. It also responds to the compelling need to establish a constructive and ongoing dialogue on the matter between social scientists and environmental scientists, based in Europe and in the Pacific Islands, and between these experts and the various stakeholders and policy-making institutions involved in the Pacific region.

Author : Robert Leckie
Publisher : Ravenio Books
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-10
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Helmet for My Pillow by Robert Leckie Pdf

Helmet for My Pillow is a gripping memoir that transports readers to the frontlines of World War II through the eyes of Robert Leckie, a young Marine who fought in some of the most brutal battles of the Pacific Theater. With raw honesty and vivid prose, Leckie recounts his experiences from boot camp to the bloody battles of Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Peleliu, offering a deeply personal perspective on the sacrifices, camaraderie, and horrors of war. This powerful narrative serves as a testament to the courage and resilience of the men who fought and died in the Pacific, making it an essential read for anyone seeking to understand the realities of combat and the human cost of war.

Author : Maud Fontenoy
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781611455045

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Challenging the Pacific by Maud Fontenoy Pdf

In a personal account of determination and accomplishment, the author of Across the Savage Sea describes her challenging effort to row across the Pacific Ocean, chronicling the long and difficult voyage from Peru westward as she overcame stifling tropical heat, the elements, solitude, and the ever-circling sharks to achieve her goal.

Author : John Dower
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307816146

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War without Mercy by John Dower Pdf

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD • AN AMERICAN BOOK AWARD FINALIST • A monumental history that has been hailed by The New York Times as “one of the most original and important books to be written about the war between Japan and the United States.” In this monumental history, Professor John Dower reveals a hidden, explosive dimension of the Pacific War—race—while writing what John Toland has called “a landmark book ... a powerful, moving, and evenhanded history that is sorely needed in both America and Japan.” Drawing on American and Japanese songs, slogans, cartoons, propaganda films, secret reports, and a wealth of other documents of the time, Dower opens up a whole new way of looking at that bitter struggle of four and a half decades ago and its ramifications in our lives today. As Edwin O. Reischauer, former ambassador to Japan, has pointed out, this book offers “a lesson that the postwar generations need most ... with eloquence, crushing detail, and power.”

Author : Eric Downton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Canada
ISBN : 0773751238

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Pacific Challenge : Canada's Future in the New Asia by Eric Downton Pdf

Author : Anthony J. Masys,Leo S.F. Lin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-25
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9783319617299

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Asia-Pacific Security Challenges by Anthony J. Masys,Leo S.F. Lin Pdf

This edited book examines the contemporary regional security concerns in the Asia-Pacific recognizing the ‘Butterfly effect’, the concept that small causes can have large effects: ‘the flap of a butterfly’s wings can cause a typhoon halfway around the world’. For many Asia-Pacific states, domestic security challenges are at least as important as external security considerations. Recent events (both natural disasters and man-made disasters) have pointed to the inherent physical, economic, social and political vulnerabilities that exist in the region. Both black swan events and persistent threats to security characterize the challenges within the Asia-Pacific region. Transnational security challenges such as global climate change, environmental degradation, pandemics, energy security, supply chain security, resource scarcity, terrorism and organized crime are shaping the security landscape regionally and globally. The significance of emerging transnational security challenges in the Asia-Pacific Region impact globally and conversely, security developments in those other regions affect the Asia-Pacific region.

Author : Hyun Ji Rim,James Edward Platte
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000901016

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Indo-Pacific Strategies and Foreign Policy Challenges by Hyun Ji Rim,James Edward Platte Pdf

This book examines key issue areas of Indo-Pacific strategies such as cyber security, space security, maritime security, emerging technologies, and institutional frameworks in the context of deepening US–China rivalry. With greater interconnectedness across various fields, the Indo-Pacific region faces greater security challenges including future strategic power competition. States are increasingly engaging in intense strategic activities and strengthening partnerships. The first part of book focuses on the strategic competition between the United States and China in different areas including cyber security, space security, maritime security, emerging technologies, and institutional frameworks. The second part of the book presents the perspectives of different local actors in the regional theatre and the intentions and concepts behind their growing interconnectedness under Indo-Pacific strategies, including China, Russia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and North Korea. Through examining different aspects of US–Indo-Pacific strategy, this edited book contributes to a better understanding of Indo-Pacific strategy and its implications for broader security cooperation in a more interconnected world. The book will be of interest to scholars and policy makers working on Asian Security, Politics, International Relations, and the security dynamics of East Asia and the Indo-Pacific.

Author : David H. Capie
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0864734530

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Under the Gun by David H. Capie Pdf

This study examines challenges presented by small arms and light weapons in the Pacific. It focuses primarily on the Solomon Islands, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, although it also considers other members of the Pacific Islands Forum.

Author : Jenny Bryant-Tokalau
Publisher : Springer
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319783994

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Indigenous Pacific Approaches to Climate Change by Jenny Bryant-Tokalau Pdf

This book explores how Pacific Island communities are responding to the challenges wrought by climate change—most notably fresh water accessibility, the growing threat of disease, and crop failure. The Pacific Island nations are not alone in facing these challenges, but their responses are unique in that they arise from traditional and community-based understandings of climate and disaster. Knowledge sharing, community education, and widespread participation in decision-making have promoted social resilience to such challenges across the Pacific. In this exploration of the Pacific Island countries, Bryant-Tokalau demonstrates that by understanding the inter-relatedness of local expertise, customary resource management, traditional knowledge and practice, as well as the roles of leaders and institutions, local “knowledge-practice-belief systems” can be used to inform adaptation to disasters wherever they occur.