... political status, with the creation of the Commission on Self-Determination. Americanization Burton Phillip Catholic Church Catholicism English language Federico plant nuts Nuclear weapons on Guam Pattera system Radio and television stations Self government issue Talofofo Tourism United Nations...

... was determined to preserve its missile testing range at Kwajalein and, at the same time, dominate the area by keeping the USSR out of the Marshall Islands. Although Washington heralded the Compact as an achievement in self-determination, the chapter concludes that the US signed the agreement primarily to protect...

... interactions with man—it shows how such rhetoric goes hand in hand with encompassing views on individual self-determination and meritocratic government policies. The rhetoric of upward conformity advocates universal and uniform allegiance to a single higher power—mediated through a political hierarchy...