CONTENTS

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Epigraph

Introduction

PART I: FOUNDATIONS

  1. The Birth of Base Nation

  2. From Little Americas to Lily Pads

PART II: FOOTPRINT

  3. The Displaced

  4. The Colonial Present

  5. Befriending Dictators

  6. In Bed with the Mob

  7. Toxic Environments

PART III: LABOR

  8. Everyone Serves

  9. Sex for Sale

10. Militarized Masculinity

PART IV: MONEY

11. The Bill

12. “We’re Profiteers”

13. The MilCon Con

PART V: CHOICES

14. “Masters of Extortion”

15. “It’s Enough”

16. The Lily Pad Strategy

17. True Security

Author’s Note

Notes

Online Resources

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Also by David Vine

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