The battle over Peleliu : islander, Japanese, and American memories of war /

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"An ethnographic and historical account of the commercial, cultural, and military encroachment by Japan and the United States on the island nation of Palau The expansionist Japanese empire annexed the inhabited archipelago of Palau in 1914. The airbase built on Peleliu Island became a target fo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Murray, Stephen C., 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2016]
Colección:War, memory, and culture.
Temas:
1939-1945
Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Palau > Peleliu Island.
Collective memory > Palau > Peleliu Island.
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration > Palau > Peleliu Island.
Bataille de Peleliu, Belau, 1944.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Manners and customs.
Collective memory.
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration.
International relations.
Military campaigns.
Japan > Relations > Palau.
Palau > Relations > Japan.
United States > Relations > Palau.
Palau > Relations > United States.
Peleliu Island (Palau) > Social life and customs.
Peleliu Island (Palau) > History.
Belau > Relations > Japon.
Belau > Relations > États-Unis.
Peleliu, Île (Belau) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Peleliu, Île (Belau) > Histoire.
Japan.
Palau.
Palau > Peleliu Island.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Palauan and colonial landscapes
  • History, memory, and island landscapes
  • Colonial masters and island society
  • Peace, war, and a new empire
  • Smiling sky, gathering clouds
  • War
  • Exile, fear, and hunger: Ngaraard, Babeldaob, 1944-1945
  • An island desolated, a trust betrayed, 1946-1994
  • Pursuing memory
  • Retrieving the dead
  • Remembering a painful victory
  • Parallel histories: three peoples' memories of war and loss
  • Conclusion: the roots of the plant.

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