The Sun Never Sets--: Confronting the Network of Foreign U.S. Military BasesJoseph Gerson, Bruce Birchard South End Press, 1991 - 389 pages This landmark book tells a powerful story, continent by continent, of the development of U.S. security strategy over the past century into a global system of military bases and facilities for military intervention that has corrupted democratic values, economic and social well-being, and environmental sustainability in every country that the system touches, including the United States itself.--Elise Boulding |
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Contents
The Sun Never Sets | 3 |
U S Military Power Projection Abroad | 35 |
Soviet | 47 |
The Corruption of a Communitys Economic | 77 |
A Feminist Perspective on Foreign Military Bases | 95 |
Women Resisting | 107 |
The United States in the Pacific | 123 |
The Philippines the Pacific | 149 |
U S Military Presence in Germany | 225 |
LowIntensity | 247 |
Model for the Future | 275 |
Basing for Intervention | 311 |
Protecting the United States Backyard | 329 |
Economic Alternatives for the U S Bases | 345 |
New Directions for U S Policy | 357 |
About the Contributors | 375 |
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