The bases of empire : the global struggle against U.S. military posts / edited by Catherine Lutz. - London : Pluto Press, c2009. - xii, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

U.S. foreign military base and military colonialism: personal and analytical perspectives / U.S. military bases in Latin America and the Caribbean / U.S. nuclear weapons bases in Europe / Iraq as a Pentagon construction site / People's movement responses to evolving U.S. military activities in the Philippines / "Give us back Diego Garcia": unity and division among activists in the Indian Ocean / Environmental struggle after the Cold War: new forms of resistance to the U.S. military in Vieques, Puerto Rico / Okinawa: women's struggle for demilitarization / Opposition to the U.S. military presence in Turkey in the context of the Iraq war / Resisting militarization in Hawai'i / Joseph Gerson -- John Lindsay-Poland -- David Heller and Hans Lammerant -- Tom Engelhardt -- Roland G. Simbulan -- David Vine and Laura Jeffery -- Katherine T. McCaffrey -- Kozue Akibayashi and Suzuyo Takazato -- Ayse Gul Altinay and Amy Holmes -- Kyle Kajihiro.

A comprehensive survey of the effect of US military bases abroad, including the movements against them.

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Military bases, American--Foreign countries.
Bases militares estadounidenses
Military bases, American--Political aspects.
Bases militares estadounidenses --Aspectos políticos
Military bases, American--Social aspects.
Bases militares estadounidenses --Aspectos sociales

UA 26 / B299 2009

355.0097