Base Politics

by Alexander Cooley

Book Overview

According to the Department of Defense's 2004 Base Structure Report, the United States officially maintains 860 overseas military installations and another 115 on noncontinental U.S. territories. Over the last fifteen years the Department of Defense has been moving from a few large-footprint bases to smaller and much more numerous bases across the globe. This so-called lily-pad strategy, designed to allow high-speed reactions to military emergencies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801446058
• ISBN13: 9780801446054
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher