...James A. Field, Jr. Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1954 1954 History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Volume VIII. New Guinea and the Marianas . March 1944-August 1944. By Samuel Eliot Morison . Boston : Little, Brown and Company , 1953 . xxiii...

...Felix M. Keesing Copyright © The Association for Asian Studies, Inc. 1946 1946 The native culture of the Marianas Islands . (Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin 185). By Laura Thompson . Honolulu, T. H. : Bernice P. Bishop Museum , 1945 . 48 p. BOOK REVIEWS 469 ard of consumer...

... A. R. , “ The mother's brother in South Africa ,” South African journal of science , 21 ( 1924 ), 542 –55. 12 Thompson L. , “ The function of latte in the Marianas ,” Journal of the Polynesian society , 49 – 50 ( 1940 – 1941 ), 447 –65. 7 Safford W. E...

... the Western Carolines and the Marianas to carrier air attack. These operations were also of profound importance tactically, for they mark the transition period in which both carrier striking forces and amphibious groups developed from the experimental and shoestring phase of the first two years of the war...

..., and did not press Spain to cede the other Marianas and the Carolines to the United States. Nor was there, much concern when, in 1899, these islands were ceded to Germany (the Germans already had the Marshalls). Thereafter, a few Navy people urged the'building up of Guam, first as a coaling station, later...

..., the Marianas, and Johnston Atoll. The final chapter—the light at the end of a long, dark tunnel—addresses the quest for environmental justice. A list of contaminants follows, which is helpful for the less chemically informed reader. The countries in Micronesia, such as the Marshall Islands and the Mariana...

...! Queen's University A. E. PRINCE Japan's islands of mystery. By WILLARD PRICE. New York: The John Day Company, 1944. vii, 264 pp. $3.00. The second World War has endowed the Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall islands with a strategic significance of the utmost importance. Small in size and of very limited...

... beneficial trade and make for world peace and stability. Pomona College KENNETH DUNCAN The native culture of the Marianas Islands (Bernice P. Bishop Museum bulletin 185). BY LAURA THOMPSON. Honolulu, T . H.: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1945. 48 p. This small monograph draws together the relatively meager data...

... and Japanese books, 86 Keesing, Felix M., Native peoples of the Pacific world, 348; review of The native culture of the Marianas Islands, 469 Knight, M. M., review of Japan's war economy, 465 Knorr, K. E., World rubber and its regulation, 472 Korea bibliography, 107 boundaries: McCune, 272 geography...

... these democratic principles as a touchstone, and as an inspiration for re- form! Queen's University A. E. PRINCE Japan's islands of mystery. By WILLARD PRICE. New York: The John Day Company, 1944. vii, 264 pp. $3.00. The second World War has endowed the Mariana, Caroline, and Marshall islands with a strategic...

... on the island. THE SPANISH CRISIS Although the Spaniards took formal possession of the Marianas islands in 1565 it was not until 1668 that they made a serious attempt at settlement. That effort was motivated by a clear-cut purpose; namely, soul-saving in the name of Spain. Behind the soul-saving, however...

...); and Marianas (Saipan, Tinian, Guam). After being named Assistant G-2, Language Officer, Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, he took part in the Iwo Jima operation. For his services in the Marianas operation he received a letter of commendation from the Commanding General, Northern Troops and Landing Force...

..., and covers the area by sampling. There is a chapter devoted to the Marianas, Palau, Yap, Truk, Ponape, the Marshalls, and Pingelap and Mokil. Although the author seems to have personally visited each of these places, the bulk of the material of Part II seems to be re-hashed from the mimeographed...

... more effort toward editorial acumen, for this edition contains many minor errors (such as giving "17.9" as the size of battleship Yamato's 18.1-inch guns, and frequent misspelling of proper names) and some major ones (such as saying that Palau is in the Marianas) which should have been avoided...

.... Res. 89. Council, 1954. xx, 656 p. Guam, Mariana Islands. November 27 to U. S. MARINE CORPS. Okinawa: victory in December 4, 1954. Washington, U. S. the Pacific, by Chas. S. Nichols, Jr. Govt. Print. Off., 1955. v, 66 p. tables. USMC, and Henry I. Shaw, Jr. Wash- At head of title: 84th Cong., 1st sess...

... in this handbook clearly indicate, this message will not come in the near future. The Caroline, Marshall and Mariana groups of islands are at the end of a very long line of military supplies, and it will be many months before the war potential of these vantage points can be developed in such an effective manner...

... and Mariana groups of islands are at the end of a very long line of military supplies, and it will be many months before the war potential of these vantage points can be developed in such an effective manner as to constitute a serious menace to Japan. . ...

... influenced by western civilization. They also demonstrate that in instances of prolonged contact, as with the Marianas, effective reconstruction depends largely on how far early observers made careful records (in this instance the Spanish Jesuit Sanvitores supplies the fullest materials) and also...

..., public records, and diaries. These relate to such diverse matters as economic development, overseas trade, Indian affairs, church-state conflicts, missions in the Philippines and Marianas, and of perhaps broader interest, missionary activities in Japan and China, and Dutch and British efforts to get...

... borders, this time in the Pacific island region, where plans were being made to relocate large amounts of low-level radioactive waste from Japan's burgeoning domestic nuclear program to the Mariana Trench. Avenell meticulously documents how activists from Japan allied with counterparts from Pacific island...