Fleeting Attraction: A Social History of American Servicemen in Western Australia During the Second World War by Anthony J Barker and Lisa Jackson

Book Description

Secondhand. Fair condition. Minor wear to book edges. Previous owner has signed, underlined in pen and annotated several pages.

Arriving in early 1942, American servicemen were greeted by West Australians as handsome heroes from a Hollywood-inspired world. Over the next three years, thousands of naval personnel arrived in Perth, Fremantle, Albany and Geraldton, having a more welcome impact than in other parts of Australia.

The Americans' impact was, however, fleeting. As they established themselves, they were mainly self-sufficient. Needing nothing from their host community except the warmth of human companionship.