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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Murray, Stephen C., 1945- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2016]
Series:War, memory, and culture.
Subjects:
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.
Peleliu Island > Social life and customs.
Peleliu Island > History.
Japan > Relations > Palau.
Palau > Relations > Japan.
United States > Relations > Palau.
Palau > Relations > United States.
Table of 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.