Social Unrest and American Military Bases in Turkey and Germany - Since 194

This book argues that that the relationship between US military presence in foreign countries and the non-US citizens under its security umbrella is inherently contradictory.

List of contents

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.

About the author

Amy Austin Holmes is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the American University in Cairo and Postdoctoral Fellow of International Studies at Brown University's Watson Institute. She received her PhD from Johns Hopkins University and an MA from the Freie Universität Berlin. Her work has been published in Mobilization, the Cairo Review of Global Affairs, the Baltimore Sun and Ahram Online, and by the Atlantic Council. Her research interests include social movements, revolutions, critical security studies and US foreign policy in Europe and the Middle East.

Summary

Amy Austin Holmes argues that the relationship between US military presence in foreign countries and the non-US citizens under its security umbrella is inherently contradictory. She suggests that while the host population may be fully enfranchised citizens of their own government, they are at the same time disenfranchised vis-à-vis the US presence.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Austin Holmes, Amy Austin (American University of Cairo) Holmes, Holmes Amy Austin
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.11.2016
• EAN: 9781316643501
• ISBN: 978-1-316-64350-1
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Germany, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, military history, International Relations, Turkey, Politics & government, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action