All aspects of military activities in Alaska and northwestern Canada from 1939-45 using 367 photographs to complement the narrative.

Volume one. North Country defenses 1867-1941 -- Northwest staging route -- The Alaska Highway -- The Canol project -- Lend-lease to Russia -- Transportation systems -- Towns and airfields -- North Country at war -- Aleutian Islands defenses -- Dutch Harbor -- Adak -- Amchitka -- The Navy at war -- The Air Force at war -- The Battle of Attu -- The Kiska Occupation -- Legacy of the war. Volume two. North Country at war -- The Canol Project -- Russian lend-lease -- Transportation System -- Alaska National -- Excursion inlet -- Airfields -- Dutch Harbor -- Attu -- Kiska -- Shemya -- Legacy of the war