{"product_id":"2026100008824-secondhand-australias-pearl-harbour-darwin-1942-signed","title":"Australia's Pearl Harbour: Darwin, 1942 (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Wear and tear with damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Dj: edgeworn with glue residue. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the morning of 19 February 1942, the skies above Darwin erupted in fire and chaos as Japanese forces unleashed the largest single foreign attack ever carried out on Australian soil — a devastating aerial bombardment that would forever alter the nation's understanding of its own vulnerability. Australia's Pearl Harbour: Darwin, 1942 chronicles this catastrophic event through meticulous research and vivid eyewitness testimony, reconstructing the confusion, heroism, and tragedy that unfolded as 188 Japanese aircraft descended upon the unprepared port city, killing hundreds and shattering the myth of a distant, untouchable homeland.\n\nDouglas Lockwood, a seasoned journalist with intimate knowledge of the Northern Territory, brings to this account the sharp, authoritative eye of a reporter who understood Darwin not as an abstract strategic asset but as a living community of real people. His narrative cuts through decades of official silence and government cover-up to present a raw and unflinching portrait of military unpreparedness and civilian courage. Grounded in the tradition of great wartime reportage, the book stands as a landmark work of Australian military history — one that forces the reader to ask how much of the full story has yet to be told.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49336810176731,"sku":"2026100008824-SECONDHAND","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/75b907fb-5300-452a-8c26-913e41f267d6.png?v=1789958331","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100008824-secondhand-australias-pearl-harbour-darwin-1942-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}