Natives and exotics
Subtitle: World War II and environment in the southern Pacific
By: Judith A. Bennett.
Publisher: University of Hawaiʻi Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Honolulu
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9780824832650; 9780824833503
Subjects: United States. -- Army -- History -- World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945 -- Environmental aspects -- Oceania; Natural resources -- Oceania -- History -- 20th century; Human ecology -- Oceania -- History -- 20th century; Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Oceania -- History -- 20th century; World War, 1939-1945 -- Political aspects -- Oceania; Oceania -- Environmental conditions; Oceania -- Social conditions -- 20th century; United States -- Relations -- Oceania; Oceania -- Relations -- United States
Description: "This environmental history of World War II ranges over rear bases and operational fronts from Bora Bora to New Guinea providing a lucid analysis of resource exploitation, entangled wartime politics, and human perceptions of the vast Oceanic environment ... Natives and Exotics is essential reading for those interested in environmental history, Pacific studies, and a different kind of war story that has surprising relevance for today's concerns with global warming."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.