In Search of Safe Ground: ERW in the Pacific

"This project looks at the Pacific Theater from World War 2 with the aim to educate the reader and start conversations. The war has been over for 73 years but a dangerous legacy still exists in many of the former battlefields. When the war ended and troops returned home, they left the refuse of war in the form of wreckage, oil and toxic pollutants and munitions. Small efforts were undertaken in the late 1940s but much was simply abandoned. Out of sight, out of mind. This book is built on detailed historical, archival and field research into the jungles and towns of the Solomon Islands and Palau and archives from the US, Australia and Japan. It is hoped that the reader will learn a great deal about what happened during the Pacific Campaign and gain and understanding of the dangerous legacy that still exists in many an idyllic Pacific Nation" -- cover description.… (more)