Natives and Exotics: World War II and Environment in the Southern Pacific

by Judith A. Bennett

Book Overview

Ambitious in its scope and scale, 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. Although the war's physical impact proved significant and oftentimes enduring, this study shows that the tropical environment offered its own challenges: Unfamiliar...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824833503
• ISBN13: 9780824833503
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 476 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 8.9"