Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War
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Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War
"Cruise of the Lanikai: Incitement to War" By Kemp Tolley Used, HB in D/J, Ex library book, Naval Institute Press, 1973 In early December 1941 in the Philippines, a young Navy ensign named Kemp Tolley was given his first ship command, an old 76-foot schooner that had once served as a movie prop in John Ford's "The Hurricane." Crewed mostly by Filipinos who did not speak English and armed with a cannon that had last seen service in the Spanish-American War, the Lanikai was under top-secret presidential orders to sail south into waters where the Japanese fleet was thought to be. Ostensibly the crew was to spy on Japanese naval movements, but to Tolley it was clear that their mission was to create an incident that would provoke war. Events overtook the plan, however, when Pearl Harbor was bombed before the Lanikai could get underway. When Bataan and Corregidor fell, she was ordered to set sail for Australia and became one of the few U.S. naval vessels to escape the Philippines. In this book Tolley tells the saga of her great adventure during these grim, early days of the war and makes history come alive as he regales the reader with details of the operation and an explanation of President Roosevelt's order. Tolley's description of their escape in Japanese warship-infested waters ranks with the best of sea tales, and few will be able to forget the Lanikai's 4,000-mile, three-month odyssey. With map on the front inside board, photos, appendices, 345 pages. Used but in good condition. The usual library markings, the front cover page is missing, otherwise the pages are clean, free of marks, tears, stains or highlighting. The D/J has some minor edge wear, a library sticker on the spine, otherwise good with no marks, tears, stains, or fading in a mylar jacket. Please feel free to contact me with any questions you may have. Thanks for looking! function scrapeCat(){var are = /.+\/category(\d+?)\//im; var ama = document.body.innerHTML.match(are); if (ama != null && ama.length == 2) { return ama[1]; } else { return '-1'; } }function passpara(){return '&id=562422&itembgcolor=0xFFFFFF&bordercolor=0x000000&storewindowbgcolor=0xb8d6b6&toptextcolor=0xFFFFFF&bottomtextcolor=0xFFFFFF&stripcolor=0x516bc6&auctionclosemessagecolor=0xff0000&emptyboxmessagecolor=0xFFFFFF&buttovercolor=0x660000&buttoutcolor=0x00000AA&searchtitlecolor=0xFFFFFF&searchbuttbgcolor=0xc0c0c0&searchbutttextcolor=0x000000&searchbuttbordercolor=0x000000&itemhighlightcolor=0xfff000&navbuttonactivecolor=0x4bc1ee&navbuttonoutlinecolor=0xff9900&navbuttoninactivebgcolor=0x000000&siteid=0&cat=' + scrapeCat() + '&baseurl='+escape(location.href.substring(0, location.href.lastIndexOf('/') + 1));} PLEASE CHECK OUT MY ONLINE EBAY STORE AND MY OTHER AUCTIONS PICTURED BELOW. REMEMBER WHEN YOU PURCHASE 3 OR MORE BOOKS THE SHIPPING IS ONLY $4.50. FOR INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS PLEASE INQUIRE ABOUT SPECIAL SHIPPING OPTIONS ON MULTIPLE BOOK PURCHASES. WE PREFER USING THE USPS GLOBAL PRIORITY FLATE RATE ENVELOPE, WHICH OFFERS THE BEST COMBINATION OF LOW COST AND FAST DELIVERY TIME. THE RATE IS $9.00 TO $11.00 ON PACKAGES WEIGHING UP TO 4 POUNDS WITH AN AVERAGE DELIVERY TIME OF 6-10 BUSINESS DAYS. AS MOST OF OUR BOOKS WEIGH LESS THAN 2 POUNDS EACH ITS POSSIBLE (DEPENDING UPON THE WEIGHT AND DIMENSIONS OF THE BOOKS IN QUESTION) TO COMBINE MULTIPLE PURCHASES AND SHIP THEM ALL IN ONE ENVELOPE AT NO ADDITIONAL CHAGE. ITS NOT UNCOMMON TO SHIP 2 AND SOMETIMES 3 BOOKS IN ONE ENVELOPE, ALL AT THE SAME FLAT RATE FEE OF $9.00 TO $11.00. . AS BOOKS VARY WIDELY IN SIZE AND WEIGHT, SUCH AS OVERSIZED BOOKS, THIS RATE IS NOT ALWAYS AN OPTION. ALSO THE USPS DOESN'T OFFER THIS DELIVERY SERVICE TO ALL COUNTRIES. THAT BEING THE CASE YOU ARE ENCOURAGED TO INQUIRE ABOUT SHIPPING OPTIONS PRIOR TO MAKING ANY BIDS OR PURCHASES. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INQUIRE ABOUT ANY AND ALL OF OUR BOOKS YOU ARE INTERESTED IN AND ABOUT SHIPPING RATES AND OPTIONS. | ||||||||||||
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