Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa.

Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. Military-Tourism Partnerships in Hawai'i and the Philippines 1
1. Manifest Destinations and the Work of Tropical Fictions 21
2. Scenic Highways, Masculinity, Modernity, and Mobility 49
3. Neoliberalization and U.S.-Philippines Circuits of Sacrifice and Gratitude 83
4. Remembering Pearl Harbor, Reinforcing Vigilance 115
5. The Machine in the Garden: Helicopter Airmobilities, Aerial Fields of Vision, and Surrogate Tropics 147
6. Playing Soldier and Going Native in Subic Freeport's Jungle Tour 181
Conclusion. Insecurities, Tourism, and Terror 215
Notes 225
Bibliography 253
Index 271

Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez is Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at M¿noa.