The Battle Over Peleliu - Islander, Japanese, and American Memories of War

An ethnographic and historical account of the commercial, cultural, and military encroachment by Japan and the United States on the island nation of Palau

About the author

Stephen C. Murray received his PhD in anthropology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 2006. He and his wife currently operate a historic preservation consulting firm, Murray & Murray Associates, in Goleta, California.

Summary

The Japanese annexed the archipelago of Palau in 1914. The airbase built on Peleliu Island became a target for attack by the US in World War II. This book offers an ethnographic study of how Palau and Peleliu were transformed by warring powers and explores how their conflict is remembered differently by the three peoples who shared the experience.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen C Murray, Stephen C. Murray
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2019
• EAN: 9780817359782
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5978-2
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 226 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 454 g
• Series: War, Memory, and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Sozial- und Kulturanthropologie, Ethnographie, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), Gewalt und Missbrauch in der Gesellschaft, HISTORY / Military / World War II, History - Military / War, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society