Building for War by Bonita Gilbert PAPERBACK 9781636244570

Building for War\nby Bonita Gilbert\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 18\u201319 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Bonita Gilbert\nTitle: Building for War\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nPublisher: Casemate Publishers\nPublication year: 2024\nISBN-13: 9781636244570\nISBN-10: 1636244572\nRRP: \u00A322.50\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis intimately researched work tells the story of the thousand-plus Depression-era civilian contractors who came to Wake Island, a remote Pacific atoll, in 1941 to build an air station for the U.S. Navy. Author Gilbert charts the contractors' hard-won progress as they scramble to build the naval base as well as runways for U.S. Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortresses while war clouds gather over the Pacific. Five hours after their attack.