Securing ParadiseIn Securing Paradise, Vernadette Vicua Gonzalez shows how tourism and militarism have functioned together in Hawai`i and the Philippines, jointly empowering the United States to assert its geostrategic and economic interests in the Pacific. She does so by interpreting fiction, closely examining colonial and military construction projects, and delving into present day tourist practices, spaces, and narratives. For instance, in both Hawai`i and the