The Alaska Highway in World War II: The U.S. Army of Occupation in Canada's Northwest

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a fear of invasion swept North America--particularly the West Coast....
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The Alaska Highway in World War II: The U.S. Army of Occupation in Canada's Northwest by Coates, Kenneth S.

The Alaska Highway in World War II: The U.S. Army of Occupation in Canada's Northwest

$437.96

The Alaska Highway in World War II: The U.S. Army of Occupation in Canada's Northwest

$437.96
Author: Kenneth S. Coates
Format: Paperback
Language: English

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, a fear of invasion swept North America--particularly the West Coast. Immediate steps needed to be taken to defend the Far Northwest. With Canada's approval, Washington drew up plans for an Alaska Highway to connect Edmonton, Alberta, with Fairbanks, Alaska, and a pipeline to connect oil fields in the Northwest Territories with the Pacific Coast. Between 1942 and 1946, about 40,000 American military and civilian personnel invaded the Canadian Northwest.

Where there had been few or no roads, a highway more than 1,500 miles long was built in less than a year. Navigation facilities were improved, and pipelines were laid from Fairbanks to the Pacific. Airfields were upgraded and new ones built, and a telephone network was constructed. The Northwest was totally unprepared for this friendly invasion. The Alaska Highway ran through semi-wilderness where many inhabitants pursued a nomadic lifestyle, and towns and settlements were overwhelmed by the American "army of occupation."

This lively history of an American civil and military engineering milestone draws on interviews with veterans and local residents and research in Canadian and U.S. archives. The participants' stories provide humor and insights on the building of this transformational highway.


Author: Kenneth S. Coates, William R. Morrison
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 08/10/2015
Pages: 332
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780806151762

About the Author
Coates, Kenneth S.: - Ken Coates is Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan. His books include Canada's Colonies: A History of the Yukon and Northwest Territories and, with W. R. Morrison, Land Of The Midnight Sun: A History of the Yukon. Morrison, William R.: -
William R. Morrison, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Northern British Columbia, is the author of Land of the Midnight Sun: A History of the Yukon.

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