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Article: France and the South Pacific Since 1940.(Brief Article)
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- The Historian
- Article date:
- June 22, 1995
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In this sequel to French Presence in the South Pacific, 1842-1940, Robert Aldrich has performed a complex and difficult task extraordinarily well. He analyzes the impact of "French political, economic and strategic action" upon the New Hebrides - which became the independent state of Vanuatu in 1980 - and the territoires d'outre-mer (New Caledonia, French Polynesia, and Wallis and Futuna) and evaluates their roles in France's international policy. The author also points out that the territoires d'outre-mer provide an opportunity to consider a process of change that differs from the policy of decolonization that was applied to other colonies.
There are striking ...