Title Domination and resistance : the United States and the Marshall Islands during the Cold War / Martha Smith-Norris

Published Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 249 pages) : illustrations, maps 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 Summary '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 decision makers in Washington, the Marshall Islands represented a strategic prize seized from Japan near the end of World War II. In the postwar period, under the auspices of a United Nations Trusteeship Agreement, the United States reinforced its control of the Marshall Islands and kept the Soviet Union and other Cold War rivals out of this Pacific region. The United States also used the opportunity to test a vast array of powerful nuclear bombs and missiles in the Marshalls, at the same time conducting research on the effects of human exposure to radioactive fallout Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-238) and index Notes Print version record Subject Nuclear weapons -- Marshall Islands -- Testing. Nuclear weapons testing victims -- Marshall Islands Nuclear weapons -- Environmental aspects -- Marshall Islands TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. HISTORY -- Military -- Nuclear Warfare. Diplomatic relations Nuclear weapons -- Environmental aspects Nuclear weapons -- Testing Nuclear weapons testing victims SUBJECT Marshall Islands -- Foreign relations -- United States United States -- Foreign relations -- Marshall Islands Subject Marshall Islands United States Form Electronic book ISBN 9780824858148 082485814X 9780824858124 0824858123 9780824869014 082486901X

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