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Readings on the Papua Campaign are generally broad in scope but few in number. The views of the top American commanders are presented in Douglas MacArthur, Reminiscences (1964); in Robert L. Eichelberger and Milton Mackaye, Our Jungle Road to Tokyo (1950); and in the published letters of General Eichelberger: Jay Luvaas, ed., Dear Miss Em (1972). A sketch of the top Australian commander during the campaign, General Sir Thomas A. Blamey, and of his relations with MacArthur, is to be found in William E Leary, ed.. We Shall Return!: MacArthur's Commanders and the Defeat of Japan, 1942–1945 (1988). A popular account, and one with personal anecdotes from all ranks, is Lida Mayo, Bloody Buna (1974). A concise description of the battle for Buna and professional analysis of its lessons is Jay Luvaas, “Buna, 19 November 1942–2 January 1943: A 'Leavenworth Nightmare,'" Chapter 7 of Charles E. Heller and William A. Stofft, eds., America's First Battles, 1776–1965 (1986). The most exhaustive treatment of the campaign remains Samuel Milner, Victory in Papua (1957), a volume in the series United States Army in World War II.