American University
Associate professor of anthropology at American University and author of Base Nation: How US Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World
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David Vine
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FROM David Vine
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Should the US Rethink the Huge Cost of Its Military Bases? The US maintains some 800 military bases on foreign soil. Are they worth what they cost? B-1B bombers on Diego Garcia in November 2001 (US Air Force) Diego Garcia is a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. David Vine discovered that the entire indigenous population was removed in the 1960's -- to make way for a massive American military base. His research into how that happened led to the book called Base Nation: How US Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World .
To the Point
Should the US Rethink the Huge Cost of Its Military Bases? The US maintains some 800 military bases on foreign soil. Are they worth what they cost? B-1B bombers on Diego Garcia in November 2001 (US Air Force) Diego Garcia is a tiny island in the Indian Ocean. David Vine discovered that the entire indigenous population was removed in the 1960's -- to make way for a massive American military base. His research into how that happened led to the book called Base Nation: How US Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World .
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