Domination and Resistance: The United States and the Marshall Islands during the Cold War

Under the Compact of Free Association (COFA) and related agreements, the Americans tightened control over the Kwajalein Missile Range while granting the Marshallese greater political autonomy, additional financial assistance, and a mechanism to settle nuclear claims.Martha Smith-Norris argues that d...

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Main Author: Smith-Norris, Martha (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii Press [2016]
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Online Access:DE-859
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Summary:Under the Compact of Free Association (COFA) and related agreements, the Americans tightened control over the Kwajalein Missile Range while granting the Marshallese greater political autonomy, additional financial assistance, and a mechanism to settle nuclear claims.Martha Smith-Norris argues that despite COFA's implementation in 1986 and Washington's pivot toward the Asia-Pacific region in the post–Cold War era, the United States has yet to provide adequate compensation to the Republic of the Marshall Islands for the extensive health and environmental damages caused by the US testing programs
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Nov 2017)
Physical Description:1 online resource 31 b&w illustrations
ISBN:9780824858148

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