Embattled garrisons : comparative base politics and American globalism / Kent E. Calder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Calder, Kent E.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military bases, American--Foreign countries.

Military bases, American.

Military bases, American--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 321 pages) : illustrations, map

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The overseas basing of troops has been a central pillar of American military strategy since World War II--and a controversial one. Are these bases truly essential to protecting the United States at home and securing its interests abroad--for example in the Middle East-or do they needlessly provoke anti-Americanism and entangle us in the domestic woes of host countries? Embattled Garrisons takes up this question and examines the strategic, political, and social forces that will determine the future of American overseas basing in key regions around the world. Kent Calder traces the history of overseas bases from their beginnings in World War II through the cold war to the present day, comparing the different challenges the United States, Britain, France, and the Soviet Union have confronted. Providing the broad historical and comparative context needed to understand what is at stake in overseas basing, Calder gives detailed case studies of American bases in Japan, Italy, Turkey, the Philippines, Spain, South Korea, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He highlights the vulnerability of American bases to political shifts in their host nations--in emerging democracies especially--but finds that an American presence can generally be tolerated when identified with political liberation rather than imperial succession. Embattled Garrisons shows how the origins of basing relationships crucially shape long-term prospects for success, and it offers a means to assess America's prospects for a sustained global presence in the future.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Foreword

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Chapter One. The Heritage of History

Chapter Two. Deepening Vulnerability

Chapter Three. Base Politics

Chapter Four. The Nature of the Contest

Chapter Five. The Base-Politics Environment

Chapter Six. Base Politics Deconstructed

Chapter Seven. Base-Politics Management

Chapter Eight. The Financial Equations

Chapter Nine. Bases and American Strategy

Chapter Ten. Implications For Policy and Theory

Appendix. Base Politics Paradigms: Specific Cases through 2006

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [295]-307) and index.

ISBN:

9786612531613

9781282531611

1282531611

9781400835607

1400835607

OCLC:

593340678