Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

The bases of empire : the global struggle against U.S. military posts / edited by Catherine Lutz.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Pluto Press, c2009.Description: xii, 356 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780745328324
  • 0745328326
  • 9780745328331
  • 0745328334
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.0097
LOC classification:
  • UA 26 B299 2009
Contents:
U.S. foreign military base and military colonialism: personal and analytical perspectives / Joseph Gerson -- U.S. military bases in Latin America and the Caribbean / John Lindsay-Poland -- U.S. nuclear weapons bases in Europe / David Heller and Hans Lammerant -- Iraq as a Pentagon construction site / Tom Engelhardt -- People's movement responses to evolving U.S. military activities in the Philippines / Roland G. Simbulan -- "Give us back Diego Garcia": unity and division among activists in the Indian Ocean / David Vine and Laura Jeffery -- Environmental struggle after the Cold War: new forms of resistance to the U.S. military in Vieques, Puerto Rico / Katherine T. McCaffrey -- Okinawa: women's struggle for demilitarization / Kozue Akibayashi and Suzuyo Takazato -- Opposition to the U.S. military presence in Turkey in the context of the Iraq war / Ayse Gul Altinay and Amy Holmes -- Resisting militarization in Hawai'i / Kyle Kajihiro.
Summary: A comprehensive survey of the effect of US military bases abroad, including the movements against them.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
Holdings
Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) UA 26 B299 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000069741

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.