Table of contents : Editor’s Note Contents Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments 1. The Campaign for Separate Political Status 2. The Negotiations Begin 3. The Two Sides Square Off on Basic Issues 4. An Agreement Appears Possible 5. Hard Bargaining by Both Parties 6. Writing Down the Agreement 7. The Final Compromises 8. The Plebiscite 9. Approval in the United States Congress 10. The Covenant after Twenty-Five Years Appendix Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands in Political Union with the United States of America Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Interviews Index Other Volumes In The Pacific Islands Monograph Series About the Authors