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This book, written by two Filipino political scientists and activists, tries to delegitimize the presence of U.S. military personal and U.S. military-bases on the islands. Its first part gives reasons for the necessity of the Americans to go by pointing at Philippine territorial sovereignty and the world-wide disarmament process. The following chapters work out a conception of converting the military bases into economically interesting factors in the relations between the two countries. (DÜI-Sbt)

More than two decades after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. still stations its troops at nearly a thousand locations in foreign lands. These bases are usually taken for granted or overlooked entirely, a little-noticed part of the Pentagon's vast operations. Vine shows that the worldwide network of bases brings with it a panoply of ills-- and actually makes the nation less safe in the long run-- in this far-reaching examination of the perils of American military bases overseas

Approaching Roman military communities -- Studying Roman artefacts and social practice -- Site selection and data processing -- Categorising Roman artefacts -- Veterali -- Introduction -- Activity and identity categories for specific artefacts analyses of artefact distribution -- Rottweil (Ara Flaviae) -- forts I-II -- Introduction to Rottweil -- Introduction to forts I-II -- Activity and identity categories for specific artefacts, analyses of artefact distribution -- The fort at Oberstimm -- Introduction -- Activity and identity categories for specific artefacts, analyses of artefact distribution -- The fort at Hesselbach -- Introduction -- Activity and identity categories for specific artefacts, analyses of artefact distribution -- The fort at Ellingen -- Introduction -- Activity and identity categories for specific artefacts, analyses of artefact distribution -- Intersite spatial distribution of activities and use of space -- Status and gender identity -- the roles and impact of women and children -- Concluding comments -- Appendices -- A: Accessing and use data and the data and the distribution maps -- B: Vetera I: preparation and assessment of the data -- C: Rottweil forts I and II: preparation and assessment of the data -- D: Oberstimm: preparation and assessment of the data -- E: Hesselbach: preparation and assessment of the data -- F: Ellingen: preparation and assessment of the data -- G: Drawings of artefacts

Political change and the overseas American military presence -- Overseas military basing agreements : issues and methodology -- The Philippines and Spain : in the shadow of the dictator -- South Korea and Turkey : from common defense to political uncertainty -- Okinawa and the Azores : island hosts and triangular politics -- Japan and Italy : the politics of clientelism and one-party democratic rule -- Central Asia and the global defense posture review : new bases, old politics -- Conclusion : America's past and future base politics