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United States and Britain in Diego Garcia[electronic resource] :the future of a controversial base /

紀錄類型:	書目-語言資料,印刷品 : Monograph/item
杜威分類號:	969/.7
杜威分類號:	959
書名/作者:	United States and Britain in Diego Garcia : the future of a controversial base // Peter H. Sand.
作者:	Sand, Peter H.
出版者:	New York, NY : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009.
面頁冊數:	vi, 210 p. : : ill., maps ;; 22 cm.
標題:	Military bases, American - British Indian Ocean Territory
標題:	Military bases, British - British Indian Ocean Territory
標題:	Prisoners of war - British Indian Ocean Territory
標題:	Climatic changes - British Indian Ocean Territory
標題:	Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory) - Strategic aspects.
標題:	United States - Economic conditions - To 1865.
標題:	Great Britain - Fiction.
ISBN:	9780230622968
ISBN:	0230622968
書目註:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
內容註:	History: Empire's Last-Born Colony -- Human Rights : How To Depopulate An Island -- Power Politics : Our Ocean -- Military Secrecy : PublicAccess Denied -- Nemesis : Natural Heritage Dredged - and Drowned -- Epilogue : The Lords' Day.
摘要、提要註:	The coral atoll of Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory) today is a pivotal US naval and air base for all Middle East operations (Afghanistan, Iraq, and potentially, Iran). This book, largely based on hitherto unpublished source material, describes the build-up of the base- starting with a secret US-UK bilateral deal in 1966; the deportationof the native island population in the 1970s; the clouded new role of Diego Garcia as a destination for Guantenamo-style 'renditions'; and theimpacts of military construction on the environment of the island - which because of its average elevation of 4 ft above sea-level is at direct risk from climate change.
電子資源:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)

United States and Britain in Diego Garcia[electronic resource] :the future of a controversial base /
Sand, Peter H.

United States and Britain in Diego Garciathe future of a controversial base /[electronic resource] :Peter H. Sand. - 1st ed. - New York, NY :Palgrave Macmillan,2009. - vi, 210 p. :ill., maps ;22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

History: Empire's Last-Born Colony -- Human Rights : How To Depopulate An Island -- Power Politics : Our Ocean -- Military Secrecy : PublicAccess Denied -- Nemesis : Natural Heritage Dredged - and Drowned -- Epilogue : The Lords' Day.

The coral atoll of Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory) today is a pivotal US naval and air base for all Middle East operations (Afghanistan, Iraq, and potentially, Iran). This book, largely based on hitherto unpublished source material, describes the build-up of the base- starting with a secret US-UK bilateral deal in 1966; the deportationof the native island population in the 1970s; the clouded new role of Diego Garcia as a destination for Guantenamo-style 'renditions'; and theimpacts of military construction on the environment of the island - which because of its average elevation of 4 ft above sea-level is at direct risk from climate change.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230622968Subjects--Topical Terms:

379363
Military bases, American
--British Indian Ocean TerritorySubjects--Geographical Terms:

379362
Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory)
--Strategic aspects.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

336502
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DS349.9.D53 / S36 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 969/.7

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