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Oceania and the Pacific Islands

August Ibrum K. Kituai. My Gun, My Brother: The World of the Papua New Guinea Colonial Police, 1920–1960. (Pacific Islands Monograph Series, number 15.) Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, in association with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies, School of Hawaiian, Asian, and Pacific Studies, Honolulu. 1998. Pp. xx, 414. $48.00.

The extension of the authority of colonial government in Papua New Guinea depended, as it did in all such situations, on the coercive power of a body of men whose functions ranged from paramilitary to prison duties. Inevitably, the personnel had to be drawn from the native population, which could offer the advantages of availability, cheapness, local knowledge, and familiarity with local conditions. Nor was recruitment difficult: the prestige of being associated with the power of government, the exercise of both delegated and assumed power, the prospect of adventure, the knowledge and use of modern equipment (especially firearms), and a money income were all powerful attractions for men who wanted to experience life beyond the geographical, social and cultural limits of their home villages. . . .

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