National security and self-determination
Subtitle: United States policy in Micronesia (1961-1972)
By: Howard P. Willens and Deanne C. Siemer.
Contributors: Siemer, Deanne C.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Micronesia -- Foreign relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Micronesia.; Northern Mariana Islands -- Foreign relations -- United States.; United States -- Foreign relations -- Northern Mariana Islands.
Description: "Willens and Siemer examine the Kennedy administration's formation of a new Micronesian policy aimed at bringing these islanders under U.S. sovereignty by 1968, the inability of the federal agencies to achieve this objective, and their refusal to acknowledge that the Northern Marianas people had very different economic and political aspirations than the other Micronesians."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-269) and index.