Review: Microstates and Micronesia
| Published date | 01 June 1972 |
| Date | 01 June 1972 |
| DOI | 10.1177/002070207202700219 |
| Author | Annette Baker Fox |
| Subject Matter | Review |
320
INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL
"communists,"
the
latter
as
leader
of
the
United
States
agents
of
Peron
and
Trujillo.
In
the
last
decade,
Braden's overriding
concern has been
with
Castro
("He
who
controls
Cuba
controls
the
Americas,"
he
warns),
although
he
also has
enlightening
thoughts
on
such diverse
topics
as
Walter
Reuther,
black power,
foreign
aid,
taxation, and
population
control.
The
general
tone
can be
illustrated
by
such
pearls
as
"should
we
give
the
'pill'
to the
Hottentots
so
they
won't
get
so
hot
and
have
so
many
tots"
-
undoubt-
edly
a
surefire
thigh-slapper
on
the
banquet
circuit.
Currently,
he
as-
sures
us,
he
refuses
to
fly,
lest
Castro
have his
plane
hijacked
to
Cuba
so
that
he
can be disposed of.
His
concern
seems
somewhat
excessive,
con-
sidering
that
his
highest
position
in
the
last
twenty-five years
has
been
that
of
president
of
the
Metropolitan
Club
of
New York.
Jerome
Slater/State
University of
New York
at
Buffalo
MICROSTATES
AND
MICRONESIA
Problems
of
America's
Pacific
Islands
and
other
Minute
Territories
Stanley
A.
de
Smith
New
York:
New
York
University
Press,
1970,
x,
193pp,
$7.50
The
short
title
of
this
book
is
misleading, for
the
treatment
of
the
subject
has
more
significance
than
one
ordinarily
associates
with
the
subject
itself,
the
very
small
state.
Yet
the
title
accurately
suggests
that
the
account
is
a
lively
one,
even
though
the approach
is
more
con-
stitutional and
governmental
than
political-sociological.
Professor
de
Smith
concentrates
on governmental entities
with
a
population
of
less
than
i5o,ooo,
pointing out
that
their
problems
are
not
only
intrinsic
to
smallness
and
insularity
but
also
attributable
to
the
attitudes
generated
by
the
structure
of
organized
international
society.
In
particular
the
author
criticizes
the
Committee
of
24
of
the
United
Nations
(and
the
Fourth
Committee
of
the
General
Assembly
as
well)
for
concentrating
on independence
as
the
only
appropriate
destiny
for
non-self-governing
territories.
This
doctrinaire
insistence
disregards
particular
local
condi-
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