Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Illustrations xi
4. A Note on Language xiii
5. Introduction—Home on the Range: US Empire and Innocence in the Cold War Pacific 1
6. 1. From Wartime Victory to Cold War Containment in the Pacific: Building the Postwar US Security State on Marshallese Insecurity 39
7. 2. New Homes for New Workers: Colonialism, Contract, and Construction 78
8. 3. Domestic Containment in the Pacific: Segregation and Surveillance on Kwajalein 113
9. 4. “Mayberry by the Sea”: Americans Find Home in the Marshall Islands 158
10. 5. Reclaiming Home: Operation Homecoming and the Path toward Marshallese Self-Determination 191
11. 6. US Empire and the Shape of Marshallese Sovereignty in the “Postcolonial” Era 232
12. Conclusion: Kwajalein and Ebeye in a New Era of Insecurity 269
13. Acknowledgments 285
14. Notes 291
15. Works Cited 345
16. Index 355
17. American Crossroads 366