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Harry A. Gailey


Born
in Kansas City, Missouri, The United States
December 04, 1926

Died
September 25, 2004

Genre
History


A specialist in the history of Britain's African colonies, Harry Alfred Gailey served in the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, after which he worked as a civil and mechanical engineer. After earning a Ph.D. in history at UCLA in 1958, Gailey taught at Northwest Missouri State University for five years before joining the faculty at San Jose State University, where he taught until he assumed emeritus status. In his retirement, Gailey wrote several books about the Pacific campaigns in World War II. ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 237 ratings · 22 reviews · 29 distinct works • Similar authors
War in the Pacific: From Pe...
3.97 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1996 — 9 editions
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Bougainville, 1943-1945: Th...
3.84 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1991 — 9 editions
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The Liberation of Guam: 21 ...
3.65 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1997 — 4 editions
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"Howlin' Mad" vs. The Army-...
3.81 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1986 — 4 editions
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Peleliu: 1944
3.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1983 — 8 editions
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MacArthur's Victory: The Wa...
2.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions
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MacArthur Strikes Back: Dec...
3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000 — 6 editions
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Lugard and the Abeokuta Upr...
4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1982 — 8 editions
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History of Africa: From 180...
2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions
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Historical Encyclopedia of ...
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