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Embattled Island: Palau's Struggle for Independence
The compact took on enormous symbolic importance throughout the world because of a provision in the Palau Constitution that Palau could not grant the U.S. nuclear rights without the approval of 75% of the people of Palau.
| Author(s) | By Arnold Leibowitz. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 256 |
| Published in | United States |
| Published | 16 Feb 1996 |
| Availability | POD |
The compact took on enormous symbolic importance throughout the world because of a provision in the Palau Constitution that Palau could not grant the U.S. nuclear rights without the approval of 75% of the people of Palau.
Preface Introduction Note on Pronunciation of Palauan Names The Cast of Characters Chronology of Events in Palau The Suicide of President Salii: The Strange Funeral Palau's Universe: The West Intrudes The U.S. Invasion: The Brutal Battle for Peleli
ARNOLD H. LEIBOWITZ has written extensively about the territories, Commonwealths, and Freely Associated States of the United States, and has represented almost all of them before the Federal government since 1964 when he was General Counsel of the U.S. Co
