{"product_id":"an-awkward-truth-peter-grose-9781742376073","title":"An Awkward Truth: The Bombing of Darwin, February 1942","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe compelling and very human story of the first foreign assault on Australian soil since settlement--the attack on Darwin by the Japanese in February, 1942 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe bombing of Darwin on February 19, 1942, is the battle Australia tries to forget. Although there was much to be proud of that day--courage, mateship, determination, and improvisation--the dark side of the story lingers: looting, desertion, and a calamitous failure of Australian leadership. The Japanese struck with the same carrier-borne force that devastated Pearl Harbor only ten weeks earlier. There was a difference: they dropped more bombs on Darwin, killed more civilians in Darwin, and sank more ships in Darwin than in Pearl Harbor. It remains the single deadliest event in Australian history. Yet the story has remained in the shadows. Absorbing, spirited, and fast-paced, \u003ci\u003eAn Awkward Truth \u003c\/i\u003eis a compelling and revealing story of the day war first came to Australia, and of the underarmed and unprepared soldiers and civilians who faced their toughest test on home soil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Grose\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 174237607X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781742376073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Allen \u0026amp; Unwin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 262\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Peter Grose","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43944638775551,"sku":"9781742376073","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_1a9cd874-b933-48fd-8f51-dd8dac8ea08e.jpg?v=1681504517","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/an-awkward-truth-peter-grose-9781742376073","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}