Armed Guests - Territorial Sovereignty and Foreign Military Basing

In Armed Guests, Sebastian Schmidt develops a theory to explain the emergence of this phenomenon, which he calls "sovereign basing," and in doing so, shows how this new practice fundamentally changed state sovereignty and the very nature of security competition. He applies concepts derived from pragmatist thought to a historical study of the relations between the United States and its wartime allies to explain how sovereign basing originated through the efforts of policymakers to come to grips with the unique security environment of the postwar era.

List of contents

• Chapter One: Introduction


• Chapter Two: Pragmatism: Practices, Process, and Change in International Politics


• Chapter Three: Sovereignty: Then and Now


• Chapter Four: Colonial Collisions


• Chapter Five: Searching for Security, 1942-1947


• Chapter Six: Here to Stay, 1948-1951


• Chapter Seven: Conclusion


• References


• Notes


• Index

About the author

Sebastian Schmidt is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University.

Product details

• Authors: Sebastian Schmidt, Sebastian (Assistant Professor of Politic Schmidt, Schmidt Sebastian
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.12.2020
• EAN: 9780190097752
• ISBN: 978-0-19-009775-2
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Intelligence & Espionage, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, International Relations, Espionage & secret services, Espionage and secret services