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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Autor principal: Murray, Stephen C., 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Military campaigns.
International relations.
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration.
Collective memory.
Manners and customs.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
Bataille de Peleliu, Belau, 1944.
Historic sites > Conservation and restoration > Palau > Peleliu Island.
Collective memory > Palau > Peleliu Island.
World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Palau > Peleliu Island.
Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944.
United States.
Palau > Peleliu Island.
Palau.
Japan.
Peleliu, Île (Belau) > Histoire.
Peleliu, Île (Belau) > Moeurs et coutumes.
Belau > Relations > États-Unis.
Belau > Relations > Japon.
Peleliu Island (Palau) > History.
Peleliu Island (Palau) > Social life and customs.
Palau > Relations > United States.
United States > Relations > Palau.
Palau > Relations > Japan.
Japan > Relations > Palau.
History.
Electronic books.
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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