Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. ISLAND NAMES ix
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I: Backgrounds
7. Chapter 1. “MICRONESIA” 9
8. Chapter 2. CULTURAL MEMORIES AND THE PACIFIC WAR 20
9. PART II: Micronesian Understandings of the Pacifi c War
10. Chapter 3. THE MEANING OF WAR 39
11. Chapter 4. THE SHOCK OF WAR 44
12. Chapter 5. HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING 72
13. Chapter 6. COMBAT EXPERIENCES 88
14. PART III: Micronesian Vantage Points
15. Chapter 7. “IT WAS NOT OUR WAR” 103
16. Chapter 8. THE TYPHOON OF WAR 118
17. Chapter 9. QUESTIONS OF LOYALTY 127
18. Chapter 10. MICRONESIAN RESPONSES TO WARTIME PRESSURES 152
19. PART IV: Cultural Themes in Micronesian Wartime Narratives
20. Chapter 11. SOME MICRONESIAN PREOCCUPATIONS 169
21. Chapter 12. GREETINGS AND FAREWELLS 186
22. PART V: Conclusions
23. Chapter 13. WARTIME MEMORIES IN THE MODERN WORLD 219
24. Chapter 14. “THE GREAT AIRPLANE” 228
25. APPENDIX 241
26. NOTES 249
27. REFERENCES 257
28. INDEX 267
29. ABOUT THE AUTHORS 277