Dedication

pp v-vi

Foreword

pp vii-xii

Contents

pp xiii-xiv

List of Photographs

pp xv-xvi

List of maps

pp xvii-xviii

List of Charts

pp xix-xix

Acknowledgements

pp xx-xxi

List of contributors

pp xxii-xxiv

Abbreviations

pp xxv-xxvi

Codenames

pp xxvii-xxvii

Chronology

pp xxviii-xxix

Military symbols on maps

pp xxx-xxx

Military History and 1943: A Perspective 70 Years on

pp 1-18

Part 1 - Strategy in 1943

pp 19-24

1 - MacArthur and Curtin

pp 25-44

2 - MacArthur's War

pp 45-67

3 - The Japanese Army's Search for a New South Pacific Strategy, 1943

pp 68-88

Part 2 - US Operations

pp 89-92

4 - On the Offensive

pp 93-116

Part 3 - From Sea and Sky: the RAN and the RAAF

pp 117-122

5 - Perspiration, Inspiration, Frustration

pp 123-141

6 - The Naval Perspective

pp 142-162

Part 4 - The Australian Role in Cartwheel

pp 163-166

7 - Logistics and the Cartwheel Operations

pp 167-185

8 - The ‘Salamaua Magnet’

pp 186-209

9 - From the Air, Sea and Land

pp 210-232

10 - Operations in the Markham and Ramu Valleys

pp 233-254

11 - Applying the Principles of War

pp 255-284

Conclusion

pp 285-291