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The Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle against U.S. Military Posts Catherine Lutz
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The Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle against U.S. Military Posts
Catherine Lutz
A quarter of a million U. S. troops are massed in over seven hundred major official overseas airbases around the world. In the past decade, the Pentagon has formulated and enacted a plan to realign, or reconfigure, its bases in keeping with new doctrines of pre-emption and intensified concern with strategic resource control, all with seemingly little concern for the surrounding geography and its inhabitants.
The contributors in The Bases of Empire trace the political, environmental, and economic impact of these bases on their surrounding communities across the globe, including Latin America, Europe, and Asia, where opposition to the United States' presence has been longstanding and widespread, and is growing rapidly.
Through sharp analysis and critique, The Bases of Empire illuminates the vigorous campaigns to hold the United States accountable for the damage its bases cause in allied countries as well as in war zones, and offers ways to reorient security policies in other, more humane, and truly secure directions.
Contributors: Julian Aguon, Kozue Akibayashi, Ayse Gul Altinay, Tom Engelhardt, Cynthia Enloe, Joseph Gerson, David Heller, Amy Holmes, Laura Jeffery, Kyle Kajihiro, Hans Lammerant, John Lindsay-Poland, Catherine Lutz, Katherine McCaffrey, Roland G. Simbulan, Suzuyo Takazato, and David Vine.
378 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | March 1, 2009 |
| ISBN13 | 9780814752449 |
| Publishers | New York University Press |
| Pages | 378 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 154 × 29 mm · 476 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Enloe, Cynthia |
| Editor | Lutz, Catherine |
