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Author : Walter Karig
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Fortunate Islands, a Pacific Interlude written by Walter Karig and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ruth Douglas Currie
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476663114
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book Kwajalein Atoll, the Marshall Islands and American Policy in the Pacific written by Ruth Douglas Currie and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, the Marshall Islands have been drawn into international politics, primarily because of their central location in Oceania. After World War II they came into the American sphere as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. At the outset of the Cold War, the Marshalls were a site for nuclear tests and later for the U.S. Army's ballistic missile testing as part of President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. This book focuses on the islanders' tenacious negotiations for independence and control of their land, accomplished as the Republic of the Marshall Islands in a Compact of Free Association with the U.S. The creation of American policy in the Pacific was a struggle between the U.S. departments of the Interior and State, and the military's goals for strategic national defense, as illustrated by the case of the Army's base at Kwajalein Atoll.
Author : Hal M. Friedman
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813176565
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book War in the American Pacific and East Asia, 1941-1972 written by Hal M. Friedman and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before 1940, the Japanese empire stood as the greatest single threat to the American presence in the Pacific and East Asia. To a lesser degree, the formerly hegemonic colonial powers of Britain, France, and the Netherlands still controlled portions of the region. At the same time, subjugated peoples in East Asia and Southeast Asia struggled to throw off colonialism. By the late 1930s, the competition exploded into armed conflict. Japan looked like the early victor, but the United States eventually established itself as the hegemonic power in the Pacific Basin by 1945. Yet when it comes to the American movement out into the Pacific, there is more to the story that has yet to be revealed. In War in the American Pacific and East Asia, 1941–1972, editor Hal Friedman brings together nine essays that explore lesser known aspects and consequences of America's military expansion into the Pacific during and after World War II. This study explores how the United States won the Pacific War against Japan and how it sought to secure that victory in the decades that followed, ensure it never endured another Pearl Harbor–style defeat, and saw the Pacific fulfill a Manifest Destiny–like role as an American frontier projected toward East Asia. The collection explores the role of the US military in the Pacific Basin in different ways by presenting essays on interservice rivalry and military advising as well as unique topics that are new to military history, such as the investigations of strategic communications, military public relations, institutional cultures of elite forces, foodways, and the military's interaction with the press. Together, these essays provide a path for historians to pursue groundbreaking areas of research about the Pacific and establish the Pacific War as the pivotal point in the twentieth century in the Pacific Basin.
Author : Lin Poyer
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824865138
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book The Typhoon of War written by Lin Poyer and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2000-11-01 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II was a watershed event for the people of the former Japanese colonies of Micronesia. The Japanese military build-up, the conflict itself, and the American occupation and control of the conquered islands brought rapid and dramatic changes to Micronesian life. Whether they spent the war in caves and bomb shelters, in sweet potato fields under armed Japanese guard, or in their own homes, Micronesians who survived those years recognize that their peoples underwent a major historical transformation. Like a typhoon, the war swept away a former life. 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 ignore the effects of wartime operations on indigenous populations. The authors explore the significant cultural meanings of the war for Island peoples, for the events of the war are the foundation on which Micronesians have constructed their modern view of themselves, their societies, and the wider world. Their recollections of those tumultuous years contain a wealth of detail about wartime activities, local conditions, and social change, making this an invaluable reference for anyone interested in twentieth-century Micronesia. Photographs, maps, and a detailed chronology will help readers situate Micronesian experiences within the broader context of the Pacific War.
Author : Francis X. Hezel
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824828042
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (28 download)
Download or read book Strangers in Their Own Land written by Francis X. Hezel and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2003-09-30 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hezel has written an authoritative and engaging narrative of [a] succession of colonial regimes, drawing upon a broad range of published and archival sources as well as his own considerable knowledge of the region. This is a ‘conventional’ history, and a very good one, focused mostly on political and economic developments. Hezel demonstrates a fine understanding of the complicated relations between administrators, missionaries, traders, chiefs and commoners, in a wide range of social and historical settings." —Pacific Affairs "The tale [of Strangers in Their Own Land] is one of interplay between four sequential colonial regimes (Spain Germany, Japan, and the United States) and the diverse island cultures they governed. It is also a tale of relationships among islands whose inhabitants did not always see eye-to-eye and among individuals who fought private and public battles in those islands. Hezel conveys both the unity of purpose exerted by a colonial government and the subversion of that purpose by administrators, teachers, islands, and visitors.... [The] history is thoroughly supported by archival materials, first-person testimonies, and secondary sources. Hezel acknowledges the power of the visual when he ends his book by describing the distinctive flags that now replace Spanish, German, Japanese, and American symbols of rule. the scene epitomizes a theme of the book: global political and economic forces, whether colonial or post-colonial, cannot erode the distinctiveness each island claims."—American Historical Review
Author : Doloris Coulter Cogan
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824832167
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book We Fought the Navy and Won written by Doloris Coulter Cogan and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2008-03-25 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We Fought the Navy and Won is a carefully documented yet impassioned recollection of Guam’s struggle to liberate itself from the absolutist rule of the U.S. Navy. Doloris Cogan concentrates on five crucial years, 1945–1950, when, fresh out of journalism school, she had the good fortune to join the distinguished team of idealists at the newly formed Institute of Ethnic Affairs in Washington, D.C. Working as a writer/editor on the monthly Guam Echo under the leadership of the Institute’s director, John Collier, Cogan witnessed and recorded the battle fought at the very top between Collier and Navy Secretary James V. Forrestal as the people of Guam petitioned the U.S. Congress for civilian government under a constitution. Taken up by newspapers throughout the country, this war of words illustrated how much freedom of the press plays in achieving and sustaining true democracy. Part of the story centers around a young Chamorro named Carlos Taitano, who returned home to Guam in 1948 after serving in the U.S. Army in the Pacific. Taitano joined his colleagues in the lower house and walked out of the Guam Congress in 1949 to protest the naval governor, who had refused their right to subpoena an American businessman suspected of illegal activity. The walkout was the catalyst that brought approval of the Organic Act of Guam, which was signed into law by President Truman in 1950. We Fought the Navy and Won is the first detailed look at the events surrounding Guam’s elevation from military to civilian government.
Author : Robert Kiste
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824861426
Total Pages : 649 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (248 download)
Download or read book American Anthropology in Micronesia written by Robert Kiste and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 1999-03-01 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text evaluates how anthropological research in the Trust Territory has affected the Micronesian people, the US colonial administration and the discipline of anthropology itself. It analyzes the interplay between anthropology and history, in particular how American colonialism affected anthropologists' use of history, and examines the research that has been conducted by American anthropologists in specific topical areas of sociocultural anthropology. The text concentrates on disciplinary concerns, but also considers the connections between work done in the era of applied anthropology and that completed later when anthropology was persued mainly for its own sake.
Author : Library of Congress. Copyright Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1500 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 1500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Whitney T. Perkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Denial of Empire written by Whitney T. Perkins and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Research Council (U.S.). Pacific Science Board
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book CIMA Report written by National Research Council (U.S.). Pacific Science Board and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Technical Paper - South Pacific Commission written by and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Don A. Farrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book History of the Northern Mariana Islands written by Don A. Farrell and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Pacific Affairs written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes book reviews and bibliographies.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 764 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)
Download or read book Geographical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 764 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Raymond Edward Murphy
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Geographic Studies in the Easternmost Carolines written by Raymond Edward Murphy and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contents: The Economic Geography of a Micronesian Atoll; Landownership on a Micronesian Atoll; and High and Low Islands in the Eastern Carolines.
Author : Ian Lilley
Publisher : Institute of Criminology, Sydney
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Native Title and the Transformation of Archaeology in the Postcolonial World written by Ian Lilley and published by Institute of Criminology, Sydney. This book was released on 2000 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sherman Lee Pompey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Neglected Islands: Native period written by Sherman Lee Pompey and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
