France and the South Pacific: A Contemporary History

Martyn Lyons, Stephen Henningham

Le Mouvement social · 1994 · 61 citations · 0 references

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A colonial past debacle in Vanuatu New Caledonia 1945-78 - opportunities lost New Caledonia 1978-89 - the Tjibaou era French Polynesia 1945-82 - from trading colony to nuclear territory French Polynesia 1983-90 - towards independence-in-association? France's nuclear testing programme Wallis and Futuna - ripples in a backwater France and the region conclusion - the French Pacific into the 1990s.