How America Got Its Bases
It should come as no surprise that the American military has bases all over the world in strategically important places. But how did we obtain them, especially those ones that exist in the middle of other sovereign nations? Join Averill, Katie, and Dan as they discuss American base acquisition in this week's episode of the History Buffs Podcast.
Show Notes and Further Reading
Diego Garcia:
"Diego Garcia Islanders Displaced in U.K. Failure Hope to Return Home," NPR, April 16, 2015
Scott Foster and Robert Windrem, "Tsunami Spares U.S. Base in Diego Garcia," NBC News, January 4, 2005
Joshua L. Harris, "U.S. Military Presence in Diego Garcia: National Interests vs. Human Rights," ICE Case Studies No. 120, December 2003
David Vine, "The Truth About Diego Garcia," The Huffington Post, June 15, 2015
David Vine, Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia, Princeton University Press, 2011
Guantanamo Bay:
Copy of checks sent to Cuba
“The United States, Cuba, and the Platt Amendment, 1901,” Office of the Historian
“Agreement Between the United States and Cuba for the Lease of Lands for Coaling and Naval stations, February 23, 1903” Yale Law School Avalon Project
“The Case for CLosing - and Keeping Open - Guantanamo,” NPR (6 Mar 2016)
Jess Bravin, The Terror Courts (Yale University Press, 2013)
Philip Ewing, “Fact Check: Is Obama Handing Guantanamo Bay Back to Cuba?