Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Murray, Stephen C., 1945-

Publication

Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2016]

Details

Description

1 online resource (xii, 278 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Series Statement

War, memory, and culture

Uniform Title

Battle over Peleliu (Online)

Alternative Title

Battle over Peleliu (Online)

Subject

• Peleliu, Battle of, Palau, 1944
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Palau > Peleliu Island
• Collective memory > Palau > Peleliu Island
• Historic sites > Palau > Peleliu Island > Conservation and restoration
• Peleliu Island (Palau) > Social life and customs
• Peleliu Island (Palau) > History
• Japan > Relations > Palau
• Palau > Relations > Japan
• United States > Relations > Palau
• Palau > Relations > United States

Bibliography (note)

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

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

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.

LCCN

2015022948

OCLC

ssj0001581097

Author

Murray, Stephen C., 1945-

Title

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

Imprint

Tuscaloosa : The University of Alabama Press, [2016]

Series

War, memory, and culture

Bibliography

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

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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Available onsite at NYPL