Of Love and War: Pacific Brides of World War II Wanhalla Angela
Of Love and War: Pacific Brides of World War II Wanhalla Angela Between 1942 and 1945 more than two million servicemen occupied the southern Pacific theater, the majority of whom were Americans in…
Specifikacia Of Love and War: Pacific Brides of World War II Wanhalla Angela
Of Love and War: Pacific Brides of World War II Wanhalla Angela
Between 1942 and 1945 more than two million servicemen occupied the southern Pacific theater, the majority of whom were Americans in service with the U.S. During the occupation, American servicemen married approximately 1,800 women from New Zealand and the island Pacific, creating legal bonds through marriage and through children. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines.
servicemen stationed in the South Pacific, traces the fate of wartime marriages, and addresses consequences for the women and children left behind. Additionally, American servicemen fathered an estimated four thousand nonmarital children with Indigenous women in the South Pacific Command Area.In Of Love and War Angela Wanhalla details the intimate relationships forged during wartime between women and U.S. Paying particular attention to the experiences of women in New Zealand and in the island Pacific--including