National Security and Self-Determination: United States Policy in Micronesia (1961-1972) - Hardcover

Willens, Howard P.; Siemer, Deanne C.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0275969142 ISBN 13: 9780275969141

Verlag: Praeger Publishers, 2000

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Book by Siemer Deanne C Willens Howard P

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"Willens and Siemer provide an even-handed, rich, and detailed account of the negotiations between the Americans and the Micronesians for the decade under review....The authors provide a good sense of the hard-fought contest over issues of vital importance to all concerned."-The Contemporary Pacific "National Security and Self-Determination is both a fascinating case study in political science and a solid work of diplomatic history."-H-Net Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences ..."gives us something no other work on this period has done. It provides the textured background that I wish had been available to me when I was writing my own history of the region."-Journal of Cold War Studies "The book is useful record of an important episode in modern Pacific history. It also deserves to be read as a cautionary tale, by students of policy-making and administration whatever their area of interest."-The International History Review ?National Security and Self-Determination is both a fascinating case study in political science and a solid work of diplomatic history.?-H-Net Reviews in the Humanities & Social Sciences ?...gives us something no other work on this period has done. It provides the textured background that I wish had been available to me when I was writing my own history of the region.?-Journal of Cold War Studies ?The book is useful record of an important episode in modern Pacific history. It also deserves to be read as a cautionary tale, by students of policy-making and administration whatever their area of interest.?-The International History Review ?Willens and Siemer provide an even-handed, rich, and detailed account of the negotiations between the Americans and the Micronesians for the decade under review....The authors provide a good sense of the hard-fought contest over issues of vital importance to all concerned.?-The Contemporary Pacific .,."gives us something no other work on this period has done. It provides the textured background that I wish had been available to me when I was writing my own history of the region."-Journal of Cold War Studies "This book tells the full story of America's colonial practices and the struggle to change them. There's nothing so difficult as being a colony without a vote in a democracy."-Walter J Hickel former Governor of Alaska and U.S. Secretary of Interior "The creation of a new political relationship between the United States and a far-off group of islands--islands known to few Americans other than veterans of the Pacific campaign of World War II--would not be expected to entrance the general reader. But not only natives of the Northern Marianas and incipient political scientists will find this book rewarding. The Siemer-Willens combine has produced an accounting that is vivid, engaging, and in my experience accurate, revealing wonderful insights into the decision-making process both in Washington and abroad. It is both compelling and instructive."-Ruth G. Van Cleve Former Director Office of Territorial Affairs Department of the Interior "Based on extensive interviews and previously classified documents, the authors vividly describe the efforts of Defense, State, and Interior officials to implement President Kennedy's 1962 policy to bring the entire area under United States' sovereignty. These efforts were unsuccessful, however, until a single individual, Ambassador Haydn Williams, was appointed in 1971 to take charge of the interagency effort to negotiate with the Micronesians. The impressive results that Haydn Williams achieved in establishing a permanent relationship between the Micronesian people and the United States while, at the same time, protecting US defense interests and meeting United Nations requirements, are a great tribute to this exceptional diplomat. This book makes a major contribution in analyzing and evaluating this particular chapter of recent American political history."-Admiral William J. Crowe, Jr. USN Ret. Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Former Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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After World War II, the United States assumed responsibilities for the Northern Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, and the Marshall Islands under a 1947 trusteeship agreement with the United Nations. The United States had the obligation to prepare these Micronesians for self-government or independence after termination of the trusteeship, but the Interior, State, and Defense Departments paid little attention to this question until 1961. 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. By 1969, the Micronesian leaders-except for those of the Northern Marianas-were increasingly attracted to a future political status that rejected United States citizenship and had most of the attributes of a sovereign nation-state. Willens and Siemer analyze the initial negotiations between United States and Micronesian representatives, the inability of the United States to respond positively to the demands of the Micronesian negotiators, and the national defense and strategic objectives at issue. By April 1972, the United States recognized that its non-fragmentation policy conflicted with the right of self-determination of the Northern Marianas people and agreed to separate status negotiations with them. A detailed review of recent Micronesian history that will be of considerable value to U.S. government officials involved with insular affairs and foreign policy and scholars and researchers of Micronesian, Pacific islands, and Marianas affairs.

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• Verlag: Praeger Publishers
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0275969142
• ISBN 13: 9780275969141
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 310