Eritrea, Gura Company Town: The Social History of a Wartime Planning Experiment, "focusing on the social history and planning of a company town named Gura in Eritrea, East Africa, during World War II. It examines the social dynamics, culture, and various forms of security and insecurity experienced by the American, Italian, and native employees of the Farwest Aircraft Company at this remote location. Details everything from the differential wage scale of employees to the formation of social cliques and associations within the isolated community, understanding how isolated men establish a social balance in a foreign environment while confronting issues of caste, class, and paternalism by contract.