{"product_id":"tip-of-the-spear-alfred-peredo-flores-9781501771347","title":"Tip of the Spear: Land, Labor, and Us Settler Militarism in Gu乕an, 1944-1962","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Tip of the Spear\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, Alfred Peredo Flores argues that the US occupation of the island of Gu乕an (Guam), one of the most heavily militarized islands in the western Pacific Ocean, was enabled by a process of settler militarism. \u003c\/b\u003eDuring World War II and the Cold War, Gu乕an was a launching site for both covert and open US military operations in the region, a strategically significant role that turned Gu乕an into a crucible of US overseas empire. In 1962, the US Navy lost the authority to regulate all travel to and from the island, and a tourist economy eventually emerged that changed the relationship between the Indigenous CHamoru population and the US military, further complicating the process of settler colonialism on the island.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe US military occupation of Gu乕an was based on a co-constitutive process that included CHamoru land dispossession, discursive justifications for the remaking of the island, the racialization of civilian military labor, and the military's policing of interracial intimacies. Within a narrative that emphasizes CHamoru resilience, resistance, and survival, Flores uses a working class labor analysis to examine how the militarization of Gu乕an was enacted by a minority settler population to contribute to the US government's hegemonic presence in Oceania.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alfred Peredo Flores\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501771345\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501771347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Alfred Peredo Flores","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44201858892031,"sku":"9781501771347","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0cb32081-74a4-4515-901b-bfb81ee0b4e6.jpg?v=1691491839","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tip-of-the-spear-alfred-peredo-flores-9781501771347","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}