Cooperating With the Colossus - A Social Political History of Us Military Bases in World War II

Cooperating with the Colossus reconstructs the history of US military bases in World War II Latin America, from the perspectives of Latin American leaders and diplomats and the local communities that experienced these installations, as well as of US leadership and military.

List of contents

• Acknowledgments


• Introduction


• Chapter One: The Specter of Guantanamo


• Chapter Two: High Politics and Horse-Trading


• Chapter Three: Base Labor


• Chapter Four: Discrimination in the Canal Zone


• Chapter Five: Sex, Honor, and Moral Hygiene


• Chapter Six: Criminal Jurisdiction


• Chapter Seven: Cooperation at the War's End


• Conclusion


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

About the author

Rebecca Herman is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley.

Summary

Cooperating with the Colossus reconstructs the history of US military bases in World War II Latin America, from the perspectives of Latin American leaders and diplomats and the local communities that experienced these installations, as well as of US leadership and military.

Additional text

Herman's book has the merit of integrating and articulating different perspectives: a history of politics tout court and of the politics marking social and everyday relations around the military bases on Latin American ground.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Herman, Rebecca (Assistant Professor of History Herman
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2022
• EAN: 9780197531860
• ISBN: 978-0-19-753186-0
• No. of pages: 308
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Latin America, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Second World War, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), War and defence operations, War & defence operations, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General