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Enemy on Island Issue in Doubt: The Capture of Wake Island

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This book covers a critical period in American history. It shows the bravery of American marines, sailors and civilians in fighting superior Japanese forces in defense of Wake Island. Through photographs, art and text, it shows that bravery can be demonstrated in a prisoner of war camp as well as at a battlefield. Warfare makes ordinary men into heroes and villains and this is shown here. This book is a must for the World War Two reader.

This is about the fifth book related to Wake Island that I've read recently; for its size, this book has a wealth of general information and pictures unparalleled in the subject to-date.
Stan Cohen's willingness to not only compile, but to actually share the images he's acquired is valuable for both scholars and WWII enthusiasts alike.
Do not be fooled by the cover, which is soft, thin and, at first, looks like a mere scale modeler's reference guide, this book has all the bases and basics covered!
Cohen even tactfully dodges Wake contreversies with brief unbiased bios of key figures of the battle.
If you have a building interest in the early WWII years and the events at Wake Atoll, this is one book you should consider reading first. Let the many other remarkable books fill in with personal accounts, the Wake Island saga. Perhaps "Pacific Alamo" would be an appropriate counterpart.
This is THE photo archive for any and every Wake Island book, article, chronicle, etc. You can build a more accurate mental image with many of Cohen's pictures.
REVIEW EVERY BOOK YOU READ, AUTHORS DESERVE YOUR OPINIONS!