Best Marshall Islands History

This case study describes the role an applied anthropologist takes to help Marshallese communities understand the impact of radiation exposure on the environment and themselves, and addresses problems stemming from the U.S. nuclear weapons testing program conducted in the Marshall Islands from 1946-1958. Holly M. Barker began her work with the Marshallese when she served as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1988 to 1990 on Mili Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Got exactly what I expected: clean nice book, no pages missing, no tears đź‘Śđź‘Ś."
"This book will certainly change your opinion on U.S. relations as well as Nuclear Power."
"i havent read it yet but i needed it for one of my classes and i got it so quick!"
"Very important read that most people have no idea of the story of."

From their stories, we learn about their reasons for enlisting; their arrival at Montford Point and the training they received there; their lives in a segregated military and in the Jim Crow South; their experiences of combat and service in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam; and their legacy. The marine commander established training for blacks at Montford Point, North Carolina, and from 1942 to 1949, when the camp closed after President Truman desegregated all the armed forces, it trained more than 20,000 men, most for the Pacific theater.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"The book is a must read for anyone who has a sincere desire to understand the history of our military - specifically the Marine Corps."
"Great Book to read, especially when I served with someone of them and one lived across the street from me and was my first role model, I ran errands for his mother as a little boy age 5 up and would see his picture in his Marine uniform and later drink Jack Daniels with one as a grown man."
"This book contains a lot of interesting and eye-opening anecdotes (presented verbatim) about the Marines, race relations in the armed services, prevailing societal attitudes about race when the Montford Point Marines enlisted, and the experiences of black Marines in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. If you are particularly interested in one man's anecdotes, I recommend bookmarking the pages where he appears so that you can reference his background information later on in the book."
"this was an excellent perspective."
"It also gives me another reason to be proud of the choice I made to stay Marine."
"I knew two of these men; one of them is still alive and I stay in touch with him."
"Unknown part of United States military history, however there are more stories to be told of the same subject."
"The amazing perseverance of these young men and the their success both in the Marine Corp and careers after."

Introducing the Atomic Cleanup Story of the Marshall Islands.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Wonderful book, well written."
"True stories what we went thru, I served there, good read for all to know what we did for our country."
"It is an amazing work and testimonial of a true event about how U.S.Servicemen were used as guinea pigs for the Department of Energy on an impossible mission to clean up radiation after 43 nuclear tests. Fitzgerald brought to light so that all may understand the health issues, the losses of so many men and their pleas to Congress."
"Super job, did well for the veterans of Enewetak, as well as my part, sharing on page 200, God Bless us all."
"This book was a real page turner and was like I was really there in these places TM Fitzgerald. writes about..... Just as I was between February. And July of 1979."
"great book well done.i was their and she right on the money."
"Did not know she was taking testimonials, I would have given a good account of my participation, Atomic Cleanup Veteran, Army CE."
"My husband was one of the men on that island."
Best Oceania History

Fans of Hampton Sides’ Ghost Soldiers , Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor , and David Grann’s The Lost Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff’s masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of danger, daring, determination, and discovery injungle-clad New Guinea during the final days of WWII. Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2011 : Near the end of World War II, a plane carrying 24 members of the United States military, including nine Women’s Army Corps (WAC) members, crashed into the New Guinea jungle during a sightseeing excursion. The three survivors--a beautiful WAC, a young lieutenant who lost his twin brother in the crash, and a severely injured sergeant--were stranded deep in a jungle valley notorious for its cannibalistic tribes. Faced with the potential brutality of the Dani tribe, known throughout the valley for its violence, the trio’s lives were dependent on an unprecedented rescue mission--a dedicated group of paratroopers jumped into the jungle to provide aid and medical care, consequently leaving the survivors and paratroopers alike trapped on the jungle floor. A perilous rescue by plane became their only possible route to freedom. Hampton Sides is the editor-at-large for Outside magazine and the author of the international bestseller Ghost Soldiers , which won the 2002 PEN USA Award for nonfiction and the 2002 Discover Award from Barnes & Noble, and also served as the basis for the 2005 Miramax film The Great Raid . They’re puzzled and fascinated by the layers of “removable skin” in which these alien visitors are wrapped; the natives, who smear their bodies in pig grease and cover their genitals with gourds, have never seen clothes before. But when armed American airmen arrive via parachute to rescue the survivors, relations become more tense.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a good book to past your time and amazingly it was a true story."
"Only criticism: the story is based largely on the survivors' testimony, which leaves you wondering whether that's REALLY how things happened."
"However, I believe that some who read the military genre of books may find this style of writing a bit long drawn out and over done. Those kind of readers prefer the names of the characters, their roles, military actions, and perhaps soldier/veteran narratives of the battle as it unfolded. Walters, the air-to-ground communications, newspaper accounts, letters, interviews, and many more sources to create a full length detailed story. Zuckoff's notes section is fairly strong in listing his source materials that make up his chapters. Compared to all the in depth biographical information given the reader, the glider history and "snatch" technique was a bit weak, but puts forth a good effort in explaining both. The challenge, as the book portrays, was the flying distance to the site and back, as well as, the elevation at which the mission was to be undertaken and its effects on the aircraft/glider at those heights."
"This is a really good historical account of an event I never heard of."
"Interesting book."
"Little detail after the rescue is reported and the book ends with rescue, save the epilogue. While Zuckoff includes plenty of photo documentation, an illustration/map of the base camp and survivor's bivouac and relationship or distance to the crash-site would have been helpful."
Best Australia & New Zealand History

Recounting his service with the 1st Marine Division and the brutal action on Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peleliu, Leckie spares no detail of the horrors and sacrifices of war, painting an unvarnished portrait of how real warriors are made, fight, and often die in the defense of their country. Helmet for My Pillow (Random House, 1957) was his first book; it received the Marine Corps. Combat Correspondents Association award upon publication.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A strongly independent thinking civilian who, immediately after Pearl Harbour, volunteers for the toughest duty, Robert Leckie tells his story of Marine boot camp and the Guadalcanal, New Britain and Pelielu campaigns."
"Seemingly sincere account of the Pacific campaign from a cynical Marine who participated in some great battles."
"Having already watched The Pacific, and having read With the Old Breed, I figured this book would just be yet another play by play of one man's war experience."
"I had heard much about this book, but I found it disappointing."
"A good book that provided insight into the Pacific war from the perspective of one who survived even though he lost most of his friends in the various campaigns."
"Leckie gives a candid account of his war adventures, and maintained my interest, but this book pales alongside "With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa, by E.B."
"For those of us who know sacrifice in combat - respect for its truthful accounting."
"Highly recommended for those who can tolerate an unromanticized, realistic view of the comedies, tragedies, and sickening horrors of war."
Best Papua New Guinea History

Fans of Hampton Sides’ Ghost Soldiers , Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor , and David Grann’s The Lost Cityof Z will be captivated by Zuckoff’s masterfullyrecounted, all-true story of danger, daring, determination, and discovery injungle-clad New Guinea during the final days of WWII. Amazon Best Books of the Month, May 2011 : Near the end of World War II, a plane carrying 24 members of the United States military, including nine Women’s Army Corps (WAC) members, crashed into the New Guinea jungle during a sightseeing excursion. The three survivors--a beautiful WAC, a young lieutenant who lost his twin brother in the crash, and a severely injured sergeant--were stranded deep in a jungle valley notorious for its cannibalistic tribes. Faced with the potential brutality of the Dani tribe, known throughout the valley for its violence, the trio’s lives were dependent on an unprecedented rescue mission--a dedicated group of paratroopers jumped into the jungle to provide aid and medical care, consequently leaving the survivors and paratroopers alike trapped on the jungle floor. A perilous rescue by plane became their only possible route to freedom. Hampton Sides is the editor-at-large for Outside magazine and the author of the international bestseller Ghost Soldiers , which won the 2002 PEN USA Award for nonfiction and the 2002 Discover Award from Barnes & Noble, and also served as the basis for the 2005 Miramax film The Great Raid . They’re puzzled and fascinated by the layers of “removable skin” in which these alien visitors are wrapped; the natives, who smear their bodies in pig grease and cover their genitals with gourds, have never seen clothes before. But when armed American airmen arrive via parachute to rescue the survivors, relations become more tense.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a good book to past your time and amazingly it was a true story."
"Only criticism: the story is based largely on the survivors' testimony, which leaves you wondering whether that's REALLY how things happened."
"It is a good read, but has a sense of anti climax about half way through."
"However, I believe that some who read the military genre of books may find this style of writing a bit long drawn out and over done. Those kind of readers prefer the names of the characters, their roles, military actions, and perhaps soldier/veteran narratives of the battle as it unfolded. Walters, the air-to-ground communications, newspaper accounts, letters, interviews, and many more sources to create a full length detailed story. Zuckoff's notes section is fairly strong in listing his source materials that make up his chapters. Compared to all the in depth biographical information given the reader, the glider history and "snatch" technique was a bit weak, but puts forth a good effort in explaining both. The challenge, as the book portrays, was the flying distance to the site and back, as well as, the elevation at which the mission was to be undertaken and its effects on the aircraft/glider at those heights."
"This is a really good historical account of an event I never heard of."
"Interesting book."
"Little detail after the rescue is reported and the book ends with rescue, save the epilogue. While Zuckoff includes plenty of photo documentation, an illustration/map of the base camp and survivor's bivouac and relationship or distance to the crash-site would have been helpful."
Best Fiji History

Paddy RyanÂ’s text is packed with fascinating biological facts and features, as well as many engaging anecdotes detailing encounters with his subjects including the grey reef shark, the crested and the banded iguana, the fiddler crab (which signals frantically to potential mates with its enlarged chela or claw), the frigate bird (an aerial pirate), and FijiÂ’s national flower, the tagimaucia. Superb comprehensive guide anyone with curiosity is constantly seeking, and rarely finds, that will be constantly consulted and treasured.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"These are the categories covered: Coral. Worms. Mollusks. Echinoderms. Crustaceans. Insects. Fish. Amphibia. Reptiles. Birds. Mammals. Plants. The Fijians. Places to visit. The commentary is thorough and detailed."
"Fiji's Natural Heritage was the first comprehensive book on Fiji Natural History ever published."
"Simply there is no other book on Fiji that matches the expertise of Dr Ryan's knowledge and the brilliance of his photography."