Includes bibliographical references and index.

Coral and concrete : paradigm for Pacific pasts -- Mapping "the Martial Islands" : imagi-nations and mythologies of Kwajalein -- Chasing the chieftain's daughter : dancing Japan's Pacific desires -- Bones : confronting the atollscapes of war -- Capturing liberation : American imag(in)ings of the Battle of Kwajalein -- The haunted bathtub : encountering the spirits of the atoll -- Dislocations : moving land, moving people -- Homecoming, 2016 : the Ri-Kuwajleen revolution -- Atollism : reconnecting Kwajalein's past into the present.

This cultural history of Kwajalein and intersections of empire in the Marshall Islands has, in some ways, taken my whole life to write. My observations as a small child walking along the reefs of this immense atoll, and the many learnings I experienced living between Oceania, the United States, and Japan, were all made possible through the generosity of countless people and organizations.