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

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'Domination and Resistance' illuminates the twin themes of superpower domination and indigenous resistance in the central Pacific during the Cold War, with a compelling historical examination of the relationship between the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. For decisi...

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Autor principal: Smith-Norris, Martha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Nuclear weapons testing victims.
Nuclear weapons > Testing.
Nuclear weapons > Environmental aspects.
Diplomatic relations.
HISTORY > Military > Nuclear Warfare.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Nuclear weapons > Environmental aspects > Marshall Islands.
Nuclear weapons testing victims > Marshall Islands.
Nuclear weapons > Marshall Islands > Testing.
United States.
Marshall Islands.
Marshall (Archipel) > Relations exterieures > États-Unis.
United States > Foreign relations > Marshall Islands.
Marshall Islands > Foreign relations > United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : historical context, themes, approach, and research
  • American Cold War policies and the Enewetakese : community displacement, environmental degradation, and indigenous resistance
  • US nuclear experiments and the Bikinians : the "nuclear nomads" revisited
  • US nuclear tests, the environment, and medical research : case studies of the Rongelapese and Utirikese
  • US missile testing and the creation of a Pacific slum : the Kwajalein Missile Range and the island of Ebeye
  • Negotiating a Cold War treaty : the United States, the Marshall Islands, and the Compact of Free Association
  • Epilogue : legacies of US Cold War policies and the ongoing quest for justice in the Marshall Islands.

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