Name: Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World
Brand: Skyhorse Publishing
SKU: 9781510728813
Price: 265.00 HKD
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Author: David Vine
ISBN: 9781510728813

Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World

By David Vine

Skyhorse Publishing October 2017

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ISBN-13: 9781510728813
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication: October 2017
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.S. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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As David Vine demonstrates, the overseas bases raise geopolitical tensions and provoke widespread antipathy towards the United States. They also undermine American democratic ideals, pushing the U.S. into partnerships with dictators and perpetuating a system of second-class citizenship in territories like Guam.

They breed sexual violence, destroy the environment, and damage local economies. And their financial cost is staggering: though the Pentagon underplays the numbers, Vine's accounting proves that the bill approaches $100 billion per year. For many decades, the need for overseas bases has been a quasi-religious dictum of U.S. foreign policy. But in recent years, a bipartisan coalition has finally started to question this conventional wisdom.

With the U.S. withdrawing from Afghanistan and ending thirteen years of war, there is no better time to re-examine the tenets of our military strategy. Base Nation is an essential contribution to that debate.