Quote by Alastair Bonnett

My work as a naval officer in World War II enabled me to serve on 49 different South Pacific islands so that I came…

— James A. Michener

The Hawaiian Islands were discovered by hardy Polynesian sailors, who crossed thousands of miles of open ocean in primitive canoes, braving violent storm-tossed seas…

— Dave Barry

“There was nothing but a lonely magnificence of sea and islands”

— Margaret Craven

Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the…

— Jared Diamond

“The South Pacific was once the playground for ship-sick European sailors. Then it became the roistering barricade of the last great pirates. Next it…

— James A. Michener

“As the U.S. Navy’s website put it, “Prior to the invasion, the 8-square mile island would suffer the longest, most intensive shelling of any…

— Charles River Editors

“Islands are emblematic not only of solitude but of refuge and sanctuary, the way a small boat is an island in rough seas.”

— Gretel Ehrlich

I told [ David Lange] he was crazy, because you can't have an alliance relationship if you refuse access to their ships. And the…

— Bob Hawke

The main American naval forces were shifted to the Pacific region and an American admiral made a strong declaration to the effect that if…

— Hideki Tojo

“If The Islands South Ever Vanish, Even Further Into Navy Depths, My Eloise Could Appreciate Lovly Endless Blues.”

— Anna Carey

“The Americans, Dutch and Australians had lost further vessels as well, notably at the battle of the Java Sea in February. As a result,…

— Charles River Editors

“having coauthored The Wrong Guys: False Confessions and the Norfolk Four, a book about four U.S. Navy sailors who, under intense police pressure and…

— Beverly Lowry