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Domination and resistance : the United States and the Marshall Islands during the Cold War / Martha Smith-Norris.
LIBRA DU710 .S55 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith-Norris, Martha, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear weapons--Environmental aspects.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Nuclear weapons testing victims.
- International relations.
- Marshall Islands--Foreign relations--United States.
- Marshall Islands.
- United States--Foreign relations--Marshall Islands.
- United States.
- Nuclear weapons--Marshall Islands--Testing.
- Testing.
- Nuclear weapons testing victims--Marshall Islands.
- Nuclear weapons--Environmental aspects--Marshall Islands.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Nuclear weapons--Testing.
- Physical Description:
- x, 249 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-238) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780824847623
- 0824847628
- OCLC:
- 918616301
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