Kokoda: Beyond the Legend provides readers with a complete understanding of this major turning point in the Second World War.

Cover; Half-title page; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Maps, tables and figures; Photographs; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Editor's note; Abbreviations; 1 Kokoda: The immortal trail; Part 1 Turning points; 2 War across the world; 3 Confrontation in the Coral Sea: Admiral Nimitz's plan for a decisive battle in the south-west Pacific; 4 South Pacific turning point: Guadalcanal; Part 2 Allied perspectives; 5 Victory at all costs: Douglas MacArthur's Papuan campaign of 1942-43; 6 Command failures on the Kokoda Trail; 7 Air war over Papua: The RAAF experience; 8 The Battle of Milne Bay. 9 Grinding out a victory: Australian and American commanders during the beachhead battlesPart 3 Japanese perspectives; 10 Making Japanese soldiers; 11 Japanese commanders in Kokoda; 12 Against overwhelming odds? Opposing strengths on the Kokoda Trail; Part 4 On the trail; 13 On the trail of an extraordinary man: The making of the architect of Kokoda; 14 Trekking Kokoda; Part 5 Legacies; 15 Papua's overlooked legacy: The AMF as a learning institution; 16 Kokoda: An epic in Australian history?; Notes; Further reading; Index.