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The Battle over Peleliu : Islander, Japanese, and American Memories of War / Stephen C. Murray.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murray, Stephen C.
- Series:
- War, Memory, and Culture
- War, memory, and culture
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Historic sites--Palau--Peleliu Island--Conservation and restoration.
- Historic sites.
- Peleliu Island--History.
- Peleliu Island.
- Peleliu Island--Social life and customs.
- Collective memory--Palau--Peleliu Island.
- Collective memory.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Palau--Peleliu Island.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944.
- Palau--Relations--United States.
- Palau.
- United States--Relations--Palau.
- United States.
- Palau--Relations--Japan.
- Japan--Relations--Palau.
- Japan.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (293 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tuscaloosa, Alabama : The University Alabama Press, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An engrossing account of the military, cultural, and commercial impact of Japan and the USA 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 for attack by the United States in World War II.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8173-8889-3
- OCLC:
- 930866598
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