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Author:

Murray, Stephen C., 1945- author.

Title:

The Battle over Peleliu : Islander, Japanese, and American Memories of War / Stephen C. Murray.

Publisher:

The University of Alabama Press,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

xii, 278 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Peleliu Island.--Peleliu Island.
Collective memory--Peleliu Island.--Peleliu Island.
Historic sites--Conservation and restoration--Peleliu Island.--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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-271) and index.

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.

Series:

War, memory, and culture

ISBN:

0817318844 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780817318840 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)908991249

LCCN:

2015022948

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)