{"product_id":"embattled-garrisons-kent-e-calder-9780691134635","title":"Embattled Garrisons: Comparative Base Politics and American Globalism","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 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? \u003ci\u003eEmbattled Garrisons\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEmbattled Garrisons\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kent E. Calder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0691134634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691134635\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.40w x 0.81d","brand":"Kent E. Calder","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43925611675903,"sku":"9780691134635","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f0330921-84c5-41d7-86e0-b5f0f57f9d8b.jpg?v=1681078302","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/embattled-garrisons-kent-e-calder-9780691134635","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}