The First Strange Place: The Alchemy of Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii by Beth L. Bailey
The First Strange Place: The Alchemy of Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii

Beth L. Bailey

The First Strange Place: The Alchemy of Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii

Beth L. Bailey with David Farber

272 pages first pub 1992 (editions)

nonfiction history hopeful informative slow-paced
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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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