THE LIMITATIONS OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY - THE UNITED-STATES AND THE MICRONESIAN TRUSTEESHIP, 1945-1947

Authors
Citation
Hm. Friedman, THE LIMITATIONS OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY - THE UNITED-STATES AND THE MICRONESIAN TRUSTEESHIP, 1945-1947, Isla, 3(2), 1995, pp. 339-370
Citations number
66
Categorie Soggetti
Area Studies
Journal title
IslaACNP
ISSN journal
10549390
Volume
3
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
339 - 370
Database
ISI
SICI code
1054-9390(1995)3:2<339:TLOCS->2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Between 1945 and 1947, the United States sought an exclusive strategic trusteeship over Micronesia. Tensions developed, however, within the US government over settling for a trusteeship arrangement under the Un ited Nations versus annexation of the island groups. Eventually, the U nited States opted for a strategic trusteeship, but not before differe nces surfaced within the executive departments and between the United States and the Soviet Union over trusteeship or annexation of Micrones ia. A little-known aspect of the early Cold War, this controversy invo lved Great Power conflict over the issues of US imperialism, superpowe r tensions, and Pacific Basin colonialism.