Nightmare in the Pacific: The World War II Saga of Artie Shaw and His Navy Band
by Michael Doyle
University of North Texas Press, 2025
Cloth: 978-1-57441-946-7 | eISBN: 978-1-57441-956-6
Library of Congress Classification ML419.S52D69 2024
Dewey Decimal Classification 781.6509221823
TOC
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1: “All Worked Up Inside”
Chapter 2: Taking Off
Chapter 3: Young Man in a Hurry
Chapter 4: Battle of the Bands
Chapter 5: The Enlisted Man
Chapter 6: From Minesweeper to Bandstand
Chapter 7: “A Pretty Good Group”
Chapter 8: Meet the Band
Chapter 9: Shipping Out
Chapter 10: The Breakers
Chapter 11: New Caledonia
Chapter 12: Beyond Noumea
Chapter 13: Guadalcanal
Chapter 14: Nightmare
Chapter 15: The New Zealand Beat
Chapter 16: “The Ladies Were Wonderful”
Photo Gallery
Chapter 17: Down Under
Chapter 18: “Wake Up Screaming”
Chapter 19: “Shaw Is Not Well”
Chapter 20: A “Dying Duck”
Chapter 21: England
Chapter 22: Rearrangements
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
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