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 anti-Americanism and
entangle us in the domestic woes of host countries? "Embattled
Garrisons" takes up this question and examines the strategic,
political, and social forces that will determine the future of
American overseas basing in key regions around the world.
Kent Calder traces the history of overseas bases from their
beginnings in World War II through the cold war to the present day,
comparing the different challenges the United States, Britain,
France, and the Soviet Union have confronted. Providing the broad
historical and comparative context needed to understand what is at
stake in overseas basing, Calder gives detailed case studies of
American bases in Japan, Italy, Turkey, the Philippines, Spain,
South Korea, the Balkans, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He highlights the
vulnerability of American bases to political shifts in their host
nations--in emerging democracies especially--but finds that an
American presence can generally be tolerated when identified with
political liberation rather than imperial succession.
"Embattled Garrisons" shows how the origins of basing
relationships crucially shape long-term prospects for success, and
it offers a means to assess America's prospects for a sustained
global presence in the future.
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