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Author Kaminski, Theresa, 1958- author.

Title Angels of the underground : the American women who resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II / Theresa Kaminski.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1657621~S1
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Description x, 497 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The colonial Philippines -- The four women -- Manila on the edge -- The Japanese attack -- The Japanese occupation of Manila -- Bataan -- "Is the war over?" -- Organizing relief and resistance in Manila -- Cabanatuan -- Guerrillas in the midst of the occupation -- The Manila underground -- Betrayal -- The unraveling [or "The fat is in the fire"] -- The war returns -- Bloodletting and liberation -- Freedom -- Resolution.
Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female.
Philippines -- History -- Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
Women guerrillas -- Philippines -- History -- 20th century.
Americans -- Philippines -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 9780199928248 hardcover
019992824X hardcover
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