Completing the Union by Js Whitehead

Completing the Union by Js Whitehead

As late as mid-1941 the two territories of Alaska and Hawaii were little known by most Americans. Alaska was seen as a frozen wasteland and Hawaii, an exotic outpost in the mid-Pacific with a multi-racial, particularly Asian, population. The bombing of Pearl Harbor in late 1941 and the capture of two Aleutian Islands in 1942 made the two territories central theatres of World War II. Thousands of Americans came to know Alaska and Hawaii as never before. Once the war ended both territories hoped that statehood would be their reward for such loyal wartime service. Their strategic locations pointed to an increased national involvement in the Pacific and Asia. The 49th and 50th states would eventually be admitted, but it took thirteen years, from 1946 to 1959, to do it. The long delay was caused by many of the events of the Cold War. Both territories became enmeshed in the national politics of anti-communism, radical labour movements, and Arctic policy to resist a Soviet air attack across the polar North. A cadre of statehood supporters emerged to make their case to the nation, including the young Daniel Inouye of Hawaii and Ted Stevens of Alaska, both of whom would become two of the most powerful senators in Congress.

John S Whitehead retired from the history department of University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and resides in Athens, Georgia.

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ISBN 13	9780826336378
ISBN 10	082633637X
Titel	Completing the Union
Autor	Js Whitehead
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	University of New Mexico Press
Erscheinungsjahr	2004-11-30
Seitenanzahl	438
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