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Author Vine, David, 1974- author.

Title Base nation : how U.S. military bases abroad harm America and the world / David Vine.

Publication Info. New York : Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2015.

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 Axe Special Collections Reitz  355.7 V74b 2015    ---  Lib Use Only
Edition First edition.
Description x, 418 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Series The American empire project
American empire project.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Foundations. The birth of base nation ; From little Americas to lily pads -- Footprint. The displaced ; The colonial present ; Befriending dictators ; In bed with the mob ; Toxic environments -- Labor. Everyone serves ; Sex for sale ; Militarized masculinity -- Money. The bill ; "We're profiteers" ; The MilCon con -- Choices. "Masters of extortion" ; "It's enough" ; The lily pad strategy ; True security.
Summary American military bases encircle the globe; from Italy to the Indian Ocean, from Japan to Honduras. The far-reaching story of the perils of the U.S. military bases and what these bases say about America today.
More than two decades after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. still stations its troops at nearly a thousand locations in foreign lands. These bases are usually taken for granted or overlooked entirely, a little-noticed part of the Pentagon's vast operations. Vine shows that the worldwide network of bases brings with it a panoply of ills-- and actually makes the nation less safe in the long run-- in this far-reaching examination of the perils of American military bases overseas.
Subject Military bases, American -- Foreign countries.
Military bases, American -- Social aspects.
Military bases, American -- Political aspects.
United States -- Armed Forces -- Procurement -- Corrupt practices.
Armed Forces -- Procurement -- Corrupt practices. (OCoLC)fst01351860
Military bases, American -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01021038
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Added Title How U.S. military bases abroad harm America and the world
ISBN 9781627791694 (hardcover)
1627791698 (hardcover)
9781627791694 (paperback)
9781627791700 (ebook)

 
    
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