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Historical Mythbusting
Book Review: Hawaiian Sovereignty: Do the Facts Matter? by Thurston Twigg-Smith
Goodale Publishing, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2008. Hardcover ISBN 0-9662945-0-5. Softcover ISBN 0-9662945-1-3.
By Malia Hill
Thurston Twigg-Smith's Hawaiian Sovereignty: Do the Facts Matter? is a brisk trade wind that cuts through the morass of propaganda and distortions that all too often masquerade as the historical account of Hawaii's path to revolution and annexation. In a world where terms like “different truths” have come to dominate the study of history, Twigg-Smith's bracing approach still believes in the value of such things as objective research, unvarnished facts, and disclosure of bias. In the ten years since the book's original publication, the sovereignty question has become so highly politicized that a refresher course in historical fact may be just what Hawai'i needs to preserve its sense of aloha and ohana.
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