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Of love and war : Pacific brides of World War II / Angela Wanhalla.

by Wanhalla, Angela, author.

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Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]

War brides -- Oceania -- History -- 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Oceania.

Intercountry marriage -- Oceania.

War brides -- New Zealand -- History -- 20th century.

World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- New Zealand.

Intercountry marriage -- New Zealand.

Pacific Islander Americans -- Oceania.

Children of military personnel -- New Zealand.

Children of military personnel -- Oceania.

9781496205100 (hardback)

1496205103 (hardback)

Studies in Pacific worlds.

x, 238 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

War in the South Pacific -- Pacific Home Fronts -- Intimate Histories -- Governing Marriage -- Departing Pacific Shores -- Married for the Duration -- After They Sailed -- Destinies.

"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. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines. 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. 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. servicemen stationed in the South Pacific, traces the fate of wartime marriages, and addresses consequences for the women and children left behind. Paying particular attention to the experiences of women in New Zealand and in the island Pacific--including Tonga, Fiji, Samoa, and the Cook Islands--Of Love and War aims to illuminate the impact of global war on these women, their families, and Pacific societies. Wanhalla argues that Pacific war brides are an important though largely neglected cohort whose experiences of U.S. military occupation expand our understanding of global war. By examining the effects of American law on the marital opportunities of couples, their ability to reunite in the immediate postwar years, and the citizenship status of any children born of wartime relationships, Wanhalla makes a significant contribution to a flourishing scholarship concerned with the intersections between race, gender, sexuality, and militarization in the World War II era"--Provided by publisher.

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