J. Kehaulani Kauanui, Assoc. Prof. of American Studies/Anthropology at Wesleyan University, and author of Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity

The Insular Empire is a must-see teaching tool… this excellent project grapples with the moral and legal questions regarding imperialism, military expansion, and self-determination in a way that is brilliantly incisive without being heavy handed.