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001 2013035747
003 DLC
005 20150827101840.0
008 130903s2013 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013035747
020 $a9781107019133 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$cDLC$erda
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aUA26.G3$b.H65 2013
082 00 $a355.70943$223
100 1 $aHolmes, Amy Austin,$d1973-
245 10 $aSocial unrest and American military bases in Turkey and Germany /$cAmy Austin Holmes.
263 $a1312
264 1 $aCambridge, [England] :$bCambridge University Press,$c2013.
300 $apages cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Over the past century, the United States has created a global network of military bases. While the force structure offers protection to U.S. allies, it maintains the threat of violence toward others, both creating and undermining security. Amy Austin Holmes argues that the relationship between the U.S. military presence and the non-U.S. citizens under its security umbrella is inherently contradictory. She suggests that the while the host population may be fully enfranchised citizens of their own government, they are at the same time disenfranchised vis-a-vis the U.S. presence. This study introduces the concept of the "protectariat" as they are defined not by their relationship to the means of production, but rather by their relationship to the means of violence. Focusing on Germany and Turkey, Holmes finds remarkable parallels in the types of social protest that occurred in both countries, particularly non-violent civil disobedience, labor strikes of base workers, violent attacks and kidnappings, and opposition parties in the parliaments"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: the global American military presence in comparative perspective; 2. Social unrest and the American military presence in Turkey during the Cold War; 3. Social unrest and the American military presence in Germany during the Cold War; 4. From shield to sword: the end of the Cold War to the Invasion of Iraq; 5. Conclusion: losing ground.
650 0 $aMilitary bases, American$zGermany.
650 0 $aProtest movements$xGermany$xHistory.
650 0 $aSociology, Military$zGermany.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRelations$zGermany.
651 0 $aGermany$xRelations$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAir bases, American$zTurkey.
650 0 $aProtest movements$xTurkey$xHistory.
650 0 $aSociology, Military$zTurkey.
651 0 $aUnited States$xRelations$zTurkey.
651 0 $aTurkey$xRelations$zUnited States.