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OverviewMonths before the start of the Pacific War in 1941, John Reeves – his career and marriage failing – is posted as British consul to the tiny Portuguese colony of Macao in southern China. The Japanese soon declare war on the West with their attacks on Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong. But because Portugal is neutral, Macao is left alone and becomes a tiny island of neutrality, an Asian Casablanca surrounded by Japanese-occupied China. Reeves, a lonely and awkward man, finds himself the only senior representative of the Allies within a radius of thousands of miles. He runs spy rings, collects intelligence, smuggles people to freedom, takes care of refugees and is threatened with assassination – and The Good War of Consul Reeves tells his story. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Peter RosePublisher: Blacksmith Books Imprint: Blacksmith Books Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.450kg ISBN: 9789887674870ISBN 10: 9887674877 Pages: 334 Publication Date: 03 June 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Not yet available ![]() This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationPeter Rose is a graduate of the George Washington University and the Yale Law School. He first practised law in Washington DC. It was during a posting in Hong Kong with Goldman Sachs as its Asian Head of Public Affairs that he started to visit Macao – an hour’s ferry-ride across the Pearl River delta from Hong Kong – and became fascinated with the story of this incongruous piece of Portugal on the edge of China. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |