Download or read book The Battle Over Peleliu written by Stephen C. Murray and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2016-02-15 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Palauan and colonial landscapes -- History, memory, and island landscapes -- Colonial masters and island society -- Peace, war, and a new empire -- Smiling sky, gathering clouds -- War -- Exile, fear, and hunger: Ngaraard, Babeldaob, 1944-1945 -- An island desolated, a trust betrayed, 1946-1994 -- Pursuing memory -- Retrieving the dead -- Remembering a painful victory -- Parallel histories: three peoples' memories of war and loss -- Conclusion: the roots of the plant