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Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War
by Tolley, Kemp
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0870211323
- ISBN 13
- 9780870211324
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1973. 345pp/illus. ".the saga of an old, obscure sailing ship that never finds her destiny until long after the sea has closed over her. On 5 December 1941, Lanikai was quickly commissioned as a U.S. Navy ship. Her mission, on direct instructions from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, was to put to sea on a 'defensive information patrol.' Admiral Tolley, then Lanikai's commanding officer, surmised her real mission was to provoke the Japanese to sink her, thus triggering U.S. entry into World War II." Rear flap of dj tape repair.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005719
- Title
- Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War
- Author
- Tolley, Kemp
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0870211323
- ISBN 13
- 9780870211324
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Place of Publication
- Annapolis, MD
- Date Published
- 1973
- Keywords
- World War II WWII
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