Kwajalein Atoll, the Marshall Islands and American policy in the Pacific / Ruth Douglas Currie.

Author
Currie, Ruth Douglas [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Description
xi, 223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

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    "This book focuses on the islanders' tenacious negotiations for independence and control of their land, accomplished as the Republic of the Marshall Islands in a Compact of Free Association with the U.S. The creation of American policy in the Pacific was a struggle between the U.S. departments of the Interior and State"-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-216) and index.
    Contents
    • America claims the Pacific
    • National competition in the nineteenth century
    • Versailles and the Japanese mandate
    • World War II
    • Truman, the United Nations and U.S. control
    • Trust territory of the Pacific islands
    • The Congress of Micronesia
    • Micronesian status politics
    • Free association
    • To the twenty-first century.
    ISBN
    • 9781476663111 ((softcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 1476663114 ((softcover ; : alk. paper))
    LCCN
    2016041840
    OCLC
    950929828
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