Tip of the SpearIn Tip of the Spear, Alfred Peredo Flores argues that the US occupation of the island of Guhan (Guam), one of the most heavily militarized islands in the western Pacific Ocean, was enabled by a process of settler militarism. During World War II and the Cold War, Guhan was a launching site for both covert and open US military operations in the region, a strategically significant role that turned Guhan into a crucible of US overseas empire. In 1962, the