Memories of War: Micronesians in the Pacific War 9780824863586
Micronesians often liken the Pacific War to a typhoon, one that swept away their former lives and brought dramatic chang
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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
PREFACE
ISLAND NAMES
INTRODUCTION
PART I: Backgrounds
Chapter 1. “MICRONESIA”
Chapter 2. CULTURAL MEMORIES AND THE PACIFIC WAR
PART II: Micronesian Understandings of the Pacifi c War
Chapter 3. THE MEANING OF WAR
Chapter 4. THE SHOCK OF WAR
Chapter 5. HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING
Chapter 6. COMBAT EXPERIENCES
PART III: Micronesian Vantage Points
Chapter 7. “IT WAS NOT OUR WAR”
Chapter 8. THE TYPHOON OF WAR
Chapter 9. QUESTIONS OF LOYALTY
Chapter 10. MICRONESIAN RESPONSES TO WARTIME PRESSURES
PART IV: Cultural Themes in Micronesian Wartime Narratives
Chapter 11. SOME MICRONESIAN PREOCCUPATIONS
Chapter 12. GREETINGS AND FAREWELLS
PART V: Conclusions
Chapter 13. WARTIME MEMORIES IN THE MODERN WORLD
Chapter 14. “THE GREAT AIRPLANE”
APPENDIX
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
