The Us Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (micronesia)
Thomas, R. Murray (1984). "The Us Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (micronesia)". Schooling in the Pacific Islands. pp. 66–107.
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Abstract: Part III of the Southeast Asia Series, in Micronesica.
Micronesia. The tiny islands. The Lilliput of Oceania lying just north of the equator, some of whose citizens are now trying to tie down their Gulliver. For the past 31 years, Gulliver has been the United States government, first through its Department of Navy (1944-1951), and later through the Department of Interior, with close supervision and support from the Departments of Defense and State, and the CIA. While there have been three previous Gullivers, none has the unique relation- ship that the United States has had with the 123,000 inhabitants (1973) of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (as the islands are known officially).
The more than two thousand islands of Micronesia are indeed small, appearing as mere specks on wall-sized maps. By far the biggest is Guam, which has but a minuscule 225 square miles, much of which is in steep volcanic hills (1,300 feet maxi- mum). The smallness of the other 200-plus inhabited islands is difficult to grasp, especially the tiny coral atolls that provide the only land area for the 25,000 Marshallese and large numbers of Carolinians. The islands of Polynesia and Melanesia appear as veritable land masses in comparison. ...
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