In this, the second edition of FOR THE Good OF MANKIND, new interviews have been added along with a Foreword by anthropologist Dr.
He founded Microwave Films of the Marshall Islands..
He is also an award winning filmmaker/producer/director of full-length feature Marshallese language films that include Na Noniep (2009), Yokwe Bartowe (2010), Laninbwil\'s Gift (2011) and Ainikien Jidjid ilo Bon (The Sound of Crickets at Night) (2012).
He also manages the Bikini Atoll Dive Program for the Bikinians He has published a number of articles and photos about the People of Bikini in World View magazine, The Health Physics Journal, the San Francisco Chronicle and others.
The Trust Liaison also coordinates travel schedules, is used as an advisor and translator, manages the Bikinians\' scholarship program, and is responsible for the Bikini Council\'s accounting. government and its various agencies, the scientists who work on Bikini, the Bikini Council\'s attorney, trustees, money managers, construction companies, engineers, project managers, auditors and business associates.
He acts as a liaison for the Council to the media, the U.
S.
Duties of the Trust Liaison for the People of Bikini include the management and coordination of the funds allocated by the United States government to compensate the Bikinians for Their suffering and to facilitate the radiological cleanup of Bikini Atoll.
After the death of former Trust Liaison, Ralph Waltz, he was asked by the Council to begin work as the Trust Liaison for Their local government (1987 to present).
He then contracted to work with the Bikini Council on Kili Island (1984-late 1986) teaching English to the adults, teaching in the elementary school and working with the Kili/Bikini/Ejit Local Government Council.
He was a Peace Corps volunteer on Namu Atoll (1981-84).
His first six years in the Marshalls were all spent in the isolated jungles of the outer islands.
They have five children and one grandchild.
His wife, Regina, is a Bikini islander.
Kiste, Director Center for Pacific Islands Studies University of Hawai\'i "Although Niedenthal peppers the book with his own insights and commentary, it is the words of Bikini elders that tell Their story of how 23 American nuclear tests disrupted Their lives beginning in 1946." -Pacific Islands Magazine, March 2002 "For the Good of Mankind is a remarkably unique book..." -International Monitor Institute, May 2002 "Jack Niedenthal\'s work is a labor of love..." -The Contemporary Pacific magazine, Fall 2003 " For the Good of Mankind] is probably the most complete History of Bikini Island, and will continue to be a reference touchstone for future studies of the Marshall Islands and even the south Pacific...
The cultural observations are superb." -Nick Wreden, Peace Corp Writers Magazine, January 2004 About the Author: Having lived, studied and worked in the Marshall Islands from 1981 until the present, author Jack Niedenthal speaks fluent Marshallese.
A welcome and useful contribution to Pacific Islands studies." -Robert C.
Niedenthal\'s skillful use of oral History enables the Bikinians to tell much of Their own story, and his personal reflections about that History and his own involvement with the community enrich the account. "FOR THE Good OF MANKIND is a compelling account of the troubled History of the People of Bikini Atoll.
Compact of Free Association Negotiator 1999-2001.
Stayman U.
S.
The book assures that these traditional stories will be available for others to read, but perhaps most importantly, for younger generations of islanders." -Allen P. "I thoroughly enjoyed the book, particularly reading the History of Bikini in the words of the people.
By using firsthand accounts by the People of Bikini describing Their half-century of nuclear exodus, this important book journeys through the Marshallese and Bikinian cultures from ancient to modern times.
Leonard Mason.
In this, the second edition of FOR THE Good OF MANKIND, new interviews have been added along with a Foreword by anthropologist Dr
