Over There – Living with the U.S. Military Empire from World War Two to the Pre…

Over ThereLiving with the U.S. Military Empire from World War Two to the Present\nAuthor(s): Maria Hohn, Seungsook Moon\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822348184, 978-0822348184\nSynopsis\nOver There explores the social impact of Americas global network of more than 700 military bases. It does so by examining interactions between [url] soldiers and members of host communities in the three locations-South Korea, Japan and Okinawa, and West Germany-where more than-two thirds of American overseas bases and troops have been concentrated for the past six decades. The essays in this collection highlight the role of cultural and racial assumptions in the maintenance of the American military base system, and the ways that civil-military relations play out locally. Describing how political, spatial, and social arrangements shape relations between American garrisons and surrounding communities, they emphasize suchi