TY - BOOK AU - Williams,Peter TI - The Kokoda Campaign 1942: myth and reality SN - 9781107015944 (hbk) PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Campaigns KW - Papua New Guinea KW - Kokoda KW - Participation, Australian KW - Australia KW - Kokoda Trail (Papua New Guinea) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 280-290) and index; Introduction -- Strategy -- Military intelligence-- The Nankai Shitai -- From the landing to Deniki -- Isurava -- Guadalcanal and Milne Bay -- The Japanese build-up -- First Eora-Templeton's -- Efogi -- Ioribaiwa -- Japanese artillery -- Malaria and dysentery -- The Japanese supply crisis -- Second Eora-Templeton's -- Oivi-Gorari -- The war in the air -- Conclusion N2 - The fighting on the Kokoda track in WWII is second only to Gallipoli in the Australian national consciousness. In this important book, the author explains what really happened on the Kokoda track in 1942 ER -