{"product_id":"tip-of-the-spear-land-labor-and-us-settler-militarism-in-guhan-1944-1962-9781501771347","title":"Tip of the Spear: Land, Labor, and Us Settler Militarism in Gu?han, 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 Guåhan (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, Guåhan was a launching site for both covert and open US military operations in the region, a strategically significant role that turned Guåhan 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 Guåhan 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 Guåhan 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlfred Peredo Flores is Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies at Harvey Mudd College. His publications have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerasia Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCritical Ethnic Studies Journal\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50521636143378,"sku":"9781501771347","price":60.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1608c227-f769-4389-883d-0b0b9c6a66cd.jpg?v=1731109533","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tip-of-the-spear-land-labor-and-us-settler-militarism-in-guhan-1944-1962-9781501771347","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}