
The Typhoon of War
Micronesian Experiences of the Pacific War
University of Hawai'i Press
Published on 30. November 2000
Book
Hardback
502 pages
978-0-8248-2168-5 (ISBN)
Description
This work combines archival research and oral history to offer a comparative history of World War II in Micronesia. It seeks to develop Islander perspectives on a topic still dominated by military histories that all but ignore the effects of wartime operations on indigenous populations.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Honolulu, HI
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
957 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8248-2168-5 (9780824821685)
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Persons
Lin Poyer, professor emeritus at the University of Wyoming, is a cultural anthropologist who has written about Micronesian lives during and after the Second World War.