04398nam 2200757 450 991078807140332120230126211108.00-8203-4456-70-8203-4778-7(CKB)2670000000575107(SSID)ssj0001370690(PQKBManifestationID)11799890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001370690(PQKBWorkID)11292659(PQKB)11450048(MiAaPQ)EBC1836113(OCoLC)896893710(MdBmJHUP)muse35635(Au-PeEL)EBL1836113(CaPaEBR)ebr10987033(CaONFJC)MIL660061(EXLCZ)99267000000057510720141001h20152015 uy| 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrThe empires' edge militarization, resistance, and transcending hegemony in the Pacific /Sasha DavisAthens :The University of Georgia Press,[2015]©20151 online resource (171 pages) illustrationsGeographies of justice and social transformationBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-8203-4735-3 1-322-28781-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Hegemony and Affinity in the Islands of Empire -- Surveying the Baseworld -- Seeing like an Empire : Islands as Wastelands -- Local Resistances and Imperial Reactions -- Colonialism, Militarization, Tourism, and Environment as Nexus -- Networks of Affinity and Myths of the Postcolonial Pacific."In the past decade the Asia-Pacific region has become a focus of international politics and military strategies. Due to China's rising economic and military strength, North Korea's nuclear tests and missile launches, tense international disputes over small island groups in the seas around Asia, and the United States pivoting a majority of its military forces to the region, the islands of the western Pacific have increasingly become the center of global attention. While the Pacific is a current hotbed of geopolitical rivalry and intense militarization, the region is also something else: a homeland to the hundreds of millions of people that inhabit it. Based on a decade of research in the region, The Empires' Edge examines the tremendous damage the militarization of the Pacific has wrought on its people and environments. Furthermore, Davis details how contemporary social movements in this region are affecting global geopolitics by challenging the military use of Pacific islands and by developing a demilitarized view of security based on affinity, mutual aid, and international solidarity. Through an examination of 'sacrificed' islands from across the region--including Bikini Atoll, Okinawa, Hawai'i, and Guam--The Empires' Edge makes the case that the great political contest of the twenty-first century is not about which country gets hegemony in a global system but rather about the choice between perpetuating a system of international relations based on domination or pursuing a more egalitarian and cooperative future"--Provided by publisher.Geographies of justice and social transformation.HegemonyMilitarismIslands of the PacificMilitarismEnvironmental aspectsIslands of the PacificInternational cooperationPhilosophyGeopoliticsIslands of the PacificSocial movementsIslands of the PacificIslands of the PacificRelationsDeveloped countriesDeveloped countriesRelationsIslands of the PacificIslands of the PacificPolitics and governmentIslands of the PacificEnvironmental conditionsHegemony.MilitarismMilitarismEnvironmental aspectsInternational cooperationPhilosophy.GeopoliticsSocial movements355/.033095SOC015000HIS037070HIS053000bisacshDavis Sasha1971-1496961MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910788071403321The empires' edge3721913UNINA