Surviving the Japanese: The Desperate Struggle of American Civilians Fighting for Their Lives after Pearl Harbor

After the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the tide of Japanese conquest swept over the Pacific: the Philippines, Guam, Malaya, Thailand, Burma, Hong Kong, Sumatra, Borneo, New Guinea, Singapore. Like dominoes, and more quickly than the Allies ever thought possible, their Pacific territories fell to the Japanese – and many Americans living overseas found themselves caught in a war zone. Survivingthe Japanese tells the incredible story of their mass exodus during the first months of World Wa...