We fought the Navy and won [electronic resource] : Guam's quest for democracy : a personal memoir / Doloris Coulter Cogan.
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TextPublication details: Honolulu : University of Hawaii Press, c2008.Description: xv, 244 p. : ill., mapsSubject(s): - Collier, John, 1884-1968
- Cogan, Doloris Coulter
- United States. Navy -- History -- 20th century
- Democracy -- Guam -- History -- 20th century
- Representative government and representation -- Guam -- History -- 20th century
- Journalists -- United States -- Biography
- Guam -- Relations -- United States
- United States -- Relations -- Guam
- Guam -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements
- Guam -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- 327.967073 22
- E183.8.G86 C64 2008
"A Latitude 20 book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Welcome to Guam -- The Institute of Ethnic Affairs -- Collier and Ickes kick off the battle -- To be or not to be a strategic trusteeship -- The Guam echo -- The fight for civilian government -- The press weighs in -- The Navy versus the Guamanians -- Rehabilitation of Guam begins -- F.B. Leon Guerrero goes to Washington -- Guam Assembly walkout spurs Congress -- Connie Barrett goes to Washington -- Truman decides by decree -- Skinner becomes first civilian governor -- The Organic Act becomes law -- Mission accomplished.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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