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Beth L. Bailey
272 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781476727523
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: Not specified
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As the forward base and staging area for all US military operations in the Pacific during World War II, Hawaii was the "first strange place" for close to a million soldiers, sailors, and marines on their way to the horrors of war. But Hawaii was a...
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![The First Strange Place: The Alchemy of Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii by Beth L. Bailey](https://assets.thestorygraph.com/assets/placeholder-cover-a3ae92250eb3301e32dc3eabf8d50576c2f047dda89f6ee7cfa9a859cb1fd746.jpg)
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Beth L. Bailey
272 pages • first pub 1992 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781476727523
Format: Digital
Language: English
Publisher: Free Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
As the forward base and staging area for all US military operations in the Pacific during World War II, Hawaii was the "first strange place" for close to a million soldiers, sailors, and marines on their way to the horrors of war. But Hawaii was a...