America's Overseas Garrisons The Leasehold Empire [Hardcover]

The book is a world-wide survey of the terms and conditions under which the United States has stationed her forces in independent sovereign states since 1945. The book analyzes the constraints of the Pax Americana country by country and contrasts this with the rights of conquest enjoyed by traditional colonial empires.

Introduction
A tale of Two Empires
The Colonial Dimension
The Revival of War-Time Arrangements
Neo-Colonial Bases
From Conquest to Containment The Legacy of Occupation
From Conquest to Containment - Asia
From Conquest to Containment Europe
New Allies in the Mediterranean
Resistance in the Middle East
The End of 'Empire'

Christopher Sandarsis Assistant Under Secretary of State (General Finance), Ministry of Defence. He recently completed a sabbatical year as a Fellow at the Centre of International Affairs at Harvard University.