Fleeting Attraction. A Social History Of American Servicemen In Western Australia During The Second World War

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Univ Of Western Australia Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 1996
Edition: First Edition

Description: 296 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Arriving in early 1942, American servicemen were greeted by Western Australians as handsome heroes from a Hollywood dream-world, having an impact that was both more intense and more welcome than in other parts of the Australia ... and yet it was also fleeting. Fleeting Attraction documents this remarkable interlude in Western Australian history, at the same time casting light on the states overall wartime experience.

ISBN: 9781875560745