7/1/2023 0 Comments Book how to hide an empire![]() ![]() ![]() Though the territory had a substantial white population, nearly three-quarters of its inhabitants were Asians or Pacific Islanders. Yet even when it came to Hawaii, Roosevelt felt a need to massage the point. Hawaii, by contrast, was more plausibly ‘American.’ Though it was a territory rather than a state, it was closer to North America and significantly whiter than the others. Roosevelt no doubt noted that the Philippines and Guam, though technically part of the United States, seemed foreign to many. Yet Roosevelt chose to characterize the entire incident as an attack on Pearl Harbor. ![]() territories of the Philippines, Guam, Midway Island, and Wake Island. The author begins this decidedly different approach to American history by pointing out that on December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked not just Pearl Harbor, but also the U.S. ![]()
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