Arriving in early 1942, American servicemen were greeted by Western Australians as handsome heroes from a Hollywood dream-world, having an impact that was both more intense and more welcome than in other parts of the Australia... and yet it was also fleeting. Fleeting Attraction documents this remarkable interlude in Western Australian history, at the same time casting light on the state's overall wartime experience. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs throughout....