Island of Shame : : The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia /

Island of Shame : : The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia / / David Vine.

The American military base on the island of Diego Garcia is one of the most strategically important and secretive U.S. military installations outside the United States. Located near the remote center of the Indian Ocean and accessible only by military transport, the little-known base has been instru...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Vine, David,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2011]
©2011
Year of Publication:2011
Edition:With a New afterword by the author
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (288 p.) :; 12 halftones. 2 tables. 4 maps.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS AND TABLES
  • FOREWORD BY MICHAEL TIGAR
  • ABBREVIATIONS AND INITIALISMS
  • A NOTE TO THE READER
  • INTRODUCTION
  • CHAPTER 1. THE ILOIS,THE ISLANDERS
  • CHAPTER 2. THE BASES OF EMPIRE
  • CHAPTER 3. THE STRATEGIC ISLAND CONCEPT AND A CHANGING OF THE IMPERIAL GUARD
  • CHAPTER 4. "EXCLUSIVE CONTROL" "MAINTAINING THE FICTION"
  • CHAPTER 5. "MAINTAINING THE FICTION"
  • CHAPTER 6. "ABSOLUTELY MUST GO"
  • CHAPTER 7. "ON THE RACK"
  • CHAPTER 8. DERASINE: THE IMPOVERISHMENT OF EXPULSION
  • CHAPTER 9. DEATH AND DOUBLE DISCRIMINATION
  • CHAPTER 10. DYING OF SAGREN
  • CHAPTER 11. DARING TO CHALLENGE
  • CHAPTER 12. THE RIGHT TO RETURN AND A HUMANPOLITIK
  • EPILOGUE
  • MY THANKS
  • FURTHER RESOURCES
  • NOTES
  • AFTERWORD TO THE PAPERBACK EDITION
  • INDEX

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