LEADER 04268nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910459767403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-5847-1 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801458477 035 $a(CKB)2670000000079133 035 $a(OCoLC)726824267 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10457628 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000482912 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11304250 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000482912 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10528724 035 $a(PQKB)10112070 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3138007 035 $a(OCoLC)966762198 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse51815 035 $a(DE-B1597)478579 035 $a(OCoLC)979575379 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801458477 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3138007 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10457628 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL681776 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000079133 100 $a20071011d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBase politics$b[electronic resource] $edemocratic change and the U.S. military overseas /$fAlexander Cooley 210 $aIthaca $cCornell University Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (327 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-50494-6 311 $a0-8014-4605-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tFigures and Tables -- $tPreface -- $t1. Political Change and the Overseas American Military Presence -- $t2. Overseas Military Basing Agreements: Issues and Methodology -- $t3. The Philippines and Spain: In the Shadow of the Dictator -- $t4. South Korea and Turkey: From Common Defense to Political Uncertainty -- $t5. Okinawa and the Azores: Island Hosts and Triangular Politics -- $t6. Japan and Italy: The Politics of Clientelism and One-Party Democratic Rule -- $t7. Central Asia and the Global Defense Posture Review: New Bases, Old Politics -- $t8. Conclusion: America's Past and Future Base Politics -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aAccording 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 anywhere in the world, has provoked significant debate in military circles and sometimes-fierce contention within the polity of the host countries.In Base Politics, Alexander Cooley examines how domestic politics in different host countries, especially in periods of democratic transition, affect the status of U.S. bases and the degree to which the U.S. military has become a part of their local and national landscapes. Drawing on exhaustive field research in different host nations across East Asia and Southern Europe, as well as the new postcommunist base hosts in the Black Sea and Central Asia, Cooley offers an original and provocative account of how and why politicians in host countries contest or accept the presence of the U.S. military on their territory.Overseas bases, Cooley shows, are not merely installations that serve a military purpose. For host governments and citizens, U.S. bases are also concrete institutions and embodiments of U.S. power, identity, and diplomacy. Analyzing the degree to which overseas bases become enmeshed in local political agendas and interests, Base Politics will be required reading for anyone interested in understanding the extent-and limits-of America's overseas military influence. 606 $aMilitary bases, American$xPolitical aspects$zForeign countries 607 $aUnited States$xArmed Forces$zForeign countries 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMilitary bases, American$xPolitical aspects 676 $a355.7 700 $aCooley$b Alexander$f1972-$0608742 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459767403321 996 $aBase politics$92488627 997 $aUNINA