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Domination and Resistance - The United States and the Marshall Islands during the Cold War (Hardcover)
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Domination and Resistance - The United States and the Marshall Islands during the Cold War (Hardcover)
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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 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, even as it conducted research
on the effects of human exposure to radioactive fallout. Although
these military tests and human experiments reinforced the US
strategy of deterrence, they also led to the displacement of
several atoll communities, serious health implications for the
Marshallese, and widespread ecological degradation. Confronted with
these troubling conditions, the Marshall Islanders utilized a
variety of political and legal tactics-petitions, lawsuits,
demonstrations, and negotiations-to draw American and global
attention to their plight. In response to these indigenous acts of
resistance, the United States strengthened its strategic interests
in the Marshalls but made some concessions to the islanders. Under
the Compact of Free Association (COFA) and related agreements, the
Americans tightened control over the Kwajalein Missile Range while
granting the Marshallese greater political autonomy, additional
financial assistance, and a mechanism to settle nuclear claims.
Martha Smith-Norris argues that despite COFA's implementation in
1986 and Washington's pivot toward the Asia-Pacific region in the
post-Cold War era, the United States has yet to provide adequate
compensation to the Republic of the Marshall Islands for the
extensive health and environmental damages caused by the US testing
programs.
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