1. Body Bag
2. America’s Outposts of Security and Defense . . . and Trade
For ease of comparison maps generally use contemporary borders and, unfortunately, Mercator projections. The dates of conflicts and base creation referenced in the maps are often disputed. Additional details and citations for these maps are available in the most recent version of my “Lists of U.S. Military Bases Abroad,” available at www.basenation.us/maps.
1. U.S. Wars and Combat, 1776–2020
2. The Human and Financial Costs of the Post-2001 Wars
3. U.S. Military Bases Abroad, 2020
4. The United States of America and Its Empire
5. Major European Bases in the Americas since 1492
6. Native Lands and Early U.S. Military Bases Abroad
7. U.S. Bases, Wars, and Expansion Abroad, 1776–1803
8. U.S. Bases, Wars, and Expansion Abroad, 1804–1848
9. The Trans-Mississippi West: Some Posts, Tribes, and Battles of the Indian Wars, 1860–1890
10. U.S. Bases, Wars, and Expansion Abroad, 1849–1898
11. U.S. Military Bases Overseas, 1776–1903
12. U.S. Bases, Wars, and Expansion Abroad, 1899–1940
13. Bases from Britain: The Destroyers-for-Bases Deal
14. U.S. Bases, Wars, and Expansion Abroad, 1941–1945
15. U.S. Military and Commercial Air Rights Abroad: Postwar Planning Map
16. U.S. Bases, Wars, and Expansion Abroad, 1946–1949
17. U.S. Bases, Wars, and Expansion Abroad, 1950–1978
19. Base Displacement since 1898
20. U.S. Bases, Wars, and Expansion Abroad, 1979–1989
21. Enabling Wars in the Middle East
22. U.S. Bases, Wars, and Expansion Abroad, 1990–2000
23. Protests and Evictions at U.S. Bases Abroad, 1950–2020
24. U.S. Bases, Wars, and Expansion Abroad, 2001–2020
25. U.S. Military Expansion in Africa