Suburban empire
: Cold War militarization in the US Pacific
"Suburban Empire takes readers to the U.S. missile base at Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, at the matrix of postwar U.S. imperial expansion, the Cold War nuclear arms race, and the tide of anti-colonial struggles rippling across the world. Hirshberg shows that the displacement of indig...
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Détails bibliographiques
| Auteur principal : |
Hirshberg Lauren
(Auteur) |
| Format : |
Livre |
| Langue : |
anglais |
| Titre complet : |
Suburban empire : Cold War militarization in the US Pacific / Lauren Hirshberg |
| Publié : |
Oakland, California :
University of California Press
, [2022]
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| Description matérielle : |
1 vol. (xiii, 365 p.) |
| Collection : |
American crossroads ; 64
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| Contenu : |
Introduction : home on the range : U.S. empire and innocence in the Cold War Pacific. From wartime victory to Cold War containment in the Pacific : building the postwar U.S. security state on Marshallese insecurity. New homes for new workers : colonialism, contract and construction. Domestic containment in the Pacific : segregation and surveillance on Kwajalein. "Mayberry by the Sea" : Americans find home in the Marshall Islands. Reclaiming home : Operation Homecoming and the path towards Marshallese self determination. U.S. empire and the shape of Marshallese sovereignty in the "postcolonial" era. Conclusion : Kwajalein and Ebeye in a new era of insecurity |
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