Domination and resistance
Subtitle: the United States and the Marshall Islands during the Cold War
By: Martha Smith-Norris
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780824847623
Subjects: Nuclear weapons; Nuclear weapons testing victims; Diplomatic relations; Environmental aspects; Testing; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-238) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : historical context, themes, approach, and research; title: American Cold War policies and the Enewetakese : community displacement, environmental degradation, and indigenous resistance; title: US nuclear experiments and the Bikinians : the "nuclear nomads" revisited; title: US nuclear tests, the environment, and medical research : case studies of the Rongelapese and Utirikese; title: US missile testing and the creation of a Pacific slum : the Kwajalein Missile Range and the island of Ebeye; title: Negotiating a Cold War treaty : the United States, the Marshall Islands, and the Compact of Free Association; title: Epilogue : legacies of US Cold War policies and the ongoing quest for justice in the Marshall Islands.