New Flags Flying: Pacific leadership
Author(s): Ian Johnstone and Michael Powles (editors)
"From 1960 to 1990, islands across the Pacific gained independence or self-government. In the years following this, Ian Johnstone and Michael Powles interviewed the Pacific people in key leadership positions in the lead-up to and achievement of independence. This book presents a nation-by-nation history of this change from being colonial subjects to citizens of Pacific nations from the point of view of the leaders involved. Accompanied by photographs and background information about the Pacific nations, the book explores the leaders’ views on independence and the process of gaining it. The accompanying CD contains excerpts from the interviews"--Publisher information
Product Information
Ian Johnstone is a former East West Center Senior Jefferson Fellow and has reported on South Pacific matters for the South Pacific Commission, TVNZ, Radio New Zealand, UNESCO and print media. He was a foundation member of the Pacific Islands News Association and served on the board of New Zealand's Pacific Co-operation Foundation. He has also produced, written and presented award-winning television documentaries. Michael Powles is a former New Zealand high commissioner to Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu. He has been responsible for Pacific affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and was deputy secretary. He was founding Chair of the Pacific Co-operation Foundation. He writes and lectures on international relations and is currently a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington.
General Fields
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- : Huia Publishers
- : Huia Publishers
- : 01 August 2012
- : 230 x 155 mm
- : New Zealand
- : 01 August 2012
- : books
Special Fields
- : Ian Johnstone and Michael Powles (editors)
- : Paperback + CD
- : 320.150995
- : very good
- : 328
- : Colour and black and white illustrations