Download or read book Stepping Stones to Nowhere written by Galen Roger Perras and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aleutian Islands, a mostly forgotten portion of the United Stateson the southwest coast of Alaska, have often assumed a key role inAmerican military strategy. But for most Americans, prior to the SecondWorld War, the bleak and barren islands were of little interest. InStepping Stones to Nowhere, Galen Perras shows how that changed withthe Japanese occupation of the western Aleutians, which climaxed in thehorrendous battle for Attu. Perras reveals how this clash in the NorthPacific demonstrated serious problems with the way that Americancivilian and military decision makers sought to incite a globalconflict.