Download or read book Embattled Island written by Arnold Leibowitz and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1996-02-16 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compact took on enormous symbolic importance throughout the world because of a provision in the Palau Constitution that Palau could not grant the U.S. nuclear rights without the approval of 75% of the people of Palau. A number of groups fought against ratification of the compact by Palau. They viewed Palau as the symbol of a nuclear free Pacific and the hope for an environmental preserve against great power imperialism and military intrusion in the Pacific.