The Battle over Peleliu Islander Japanese and by Stephen C. Murray PAPERBACK

The Battle over Peleliu Islander Japanese and American Memories of War War Memory and Culture\nby Stephen C. Murray\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Stephen C. Murray\nTitle: The Battle over Peleliu Islander Japanese and American Memories of War War Memory and Culture\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Second World War\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press\nPublication year: 2019\nISBN-13: 9780817359782\nISBN-10: 0817359788\nRRP: \u00A325.95\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThe 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 .