Michael Sturma is chair of the history program at Murdoch University in Australia. He is the author of several books, including Death at a Distance: The Loss of the Legendary USS Harder and South Sea Maidens: Western Fantasy and Sexual Politics in the South Pacific.
9 Ebooks de Michael Sturma
Michael Sturma: USS Flier
The realities of WWII underwater warfare come to life in this chronicle of a submarine sunk in the Philippines-and the remarkable sailors who survived.The fate of the USS Flier is one of the most ast …
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Michael Sturma: Surface and Destroy
World War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack. Between the ocean floor and the rolling whitecaps above, submarines patrolled a dark abys …
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€27.99
Michael Sturma: Death at a Distance
Only seven U.S. submariners earned the Medal of Honor in World War II. Sam Dealey, the USS Harder’s commander, was one of them. His honor was awarded posthumously after the entire crew was lost off B …
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Michael Sturma: Fremantle’s Submarines
From unpromising beginnings in March 1942, the Allied submarine base at Fremantle on the west coast of Australia became a vital part of the Allied offensive against Japan. Pushed back from the Philip …
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€34.99
Sturma Michael Sturma: South Sea Maidens
From the first European contact with Tahiti in 1767, the myth of the South Sea maiden has endured through many incarnations. Although the maiden frequently provided an idealized antidote to Western w …
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Michael Sturma: Surface and Destroy
World War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack. Between the ocean floor and the rolling whitecaps above, submarines patrolled a dark abys …
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€30.12
Michael Sturma: The USS Flier
The fate of the USS Flier is one of the most astonishing stories of the Second World War. On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Sulu Sea in less than one minut …
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€32.99
Dean Aszkielowicz & J. Charles Schencking: The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941–45
The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-45 analyzes the Pacific War with a focus on America’s participation in the conflict. Fought over a great ocean and vast battlefields using the most sophistic …
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€47.68
Dean Aszkielowicz & J. Charles Schencking: The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941–45
The U.S. and the War in the Pacific, 1941-45 analyzes the Pacific War with a focus on America’s participation in the conflict. Fought over a great ocean and vast battlefields using the most sophistic …
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€47.15
