A gentle occupation /
1945. The last outpost of a fading Empire. And the final savagery of a forgotten war. Hostilities have ceased with the ending of the war in South-East Asia. But on one island in the Java Sea, 400 miles south of Singapore, the fragile truce is plunged into the chaos of violence and nationalist uprisi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
1980.
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| Edition: | First American edition. |
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| Summary: | 1945. The last outpost of a fading Empire. And the final savagery of a forgotten war. Hostilities have ceased with the ending of the war in South-East Asia. But on one island in the Java Sea, 400 miles south of Singapore, the fragile truce is plunged into the chaos of violence and nationalist uprising. As an Empire crumbles, it is those who remain to keep the peace who must fight the hardest to survive. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. |
| Physical Description: | 360 pages ; 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0394511212 9780394511214 |