Garfield, Brian. The Thousand-Mile War: World War II in Alaska and the Aleutians. Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 1995.

456 pages
ISBN 0-912006-83-8

Acknowledgments; foreword; preface; photos; maps; epilogue; afterword; bibliographical remarks; bibliography; bibliographic addendum

Appendix: Further discussion of the Paramushiro raids; Further discussion of the Battle of the Pips

Originally intended as little more than a diversion from the planned capture of Midway, the Japanese occupation of American territory in Alaska provoked a lengthy, determined response. For fifteen months Japanese and Allied forces struggled against each other and the incredible weather of the North Pacific and its rocky islands.

This revised and expanded edition of Garfield's 1969 book (at that time the first full-length history of the campaign) includes a complete account of the air-land-sea action from the air raid on Dutch Harbor to the US-Canadian invasion of deserted Kiska. Well-researched, well-written, and well-illustrated.

Thanks to University of Alaska Press for providing this copy. The Thousand-Mile War is still in print and remains available from U of Alaska, 1st Floor Gruening Bldg, UAF, PO Box 756240, Fairbanks, AK 99775 at $24.95 for paper, $35.95 for clothcover plus shipping and handling.