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The typhoon of war : Micronesian experiences of the Pacific war /

"The Typhoon of War combines archival research and oral history culled from more than three hundred Micronesian survivors to offer a comparative history of the war in Micronesia. It is the first book to develop Islander perspectives on a topic still dominated by military histories that all but...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Poyer, Lin, 1953- (Autor), Falgout, Suzanne (Autor), Carucci, Laurence Marshall, 1949- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawai'i Press, ©2001.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Island names
  • War in the Japanese Mandated Islands of Micronesia: An Introduction
  • Before the War: Islander Life in the Japanese Mandate
  • The First Phase of War Preparations: Springboards for Japanese Expansion
  • Defensive Preparations: The Japanese Military Takes Charge
  • The Second Road to Tokyo
  • Life on the Bypassed Islands
  • The End of War
  • Inaugurating American Rule
  • The Legacy of War
  • List of Participants in Oral History Interviews, 1990-1991
  • Chronology of World War II in Micronesia (West Longitude Dates).