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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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author:	Calder, Kent E.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2007.
Subjects:	Military bases, American > Foreign countries. Military bases, American > Political aspects.