Embattled Garrisons : : Comparative Base Politics and American Globalism / / Kent E. Calder.
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 a...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010] ©2008 |
| Year of Publication: | 2010 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (336 p.) :; 15 line illus. 12 tables. |
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Table of 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