Harkavy Great Power Competition for Overseas Bases

The Geopolitics of Access Diplomacy
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-4520-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 372 Seiten, Web PDF

Great Power Competition for Overseas Bases: The Geopolitics of Access Diplomacy explores the geopolitics of the major powers' overseas basing systems in relation to global strategies and changes in the international system in three fairly distinct phases: the interwar, early postwar, and recent postwar periods. This book links the great powers' competition for overseas bases to several streams of more or less contemporary international relations theory. This monograph consists of seven chapters and opens with an introduction to the diplomacy of basing access, followed by a discussion on the different types or purposes of basing access as they have evolved over the past several decades in response to changes in diplomacy and military technology. The major powers' overseas basing-access networks in the consecutive interwar, early postwar, and recent postwar periods are then reviewed, along with the earlier corpus of geopolitical theory, specifically as it relates to basing diplomacy. Emphasis is on the conflicting assumptions about what reciprocal strategic advantages and disadvantages inhere to the geographic positions of the United States and USSR. The final chapter considers a number of ''functional'' areas of world politics that are closely intertwined with basing diplomacy, and relates the competition for facilities to raw materials access, surrogate wars, strategic deterrence, arms control, balances of payments, arms sales and aid, alliances, and other such staple concerns of international relations. This book will be of interest to political scientists, military and government officials, diplomats, and policymakers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harkavy, Robert E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Great Power Competition for Overseas Bases: The Geopolitics of Access Diplomacy;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Dedication;7
6;Acknowledgments;8
7;Chapter 1. Introduction;10
7.1;NOTES;21
8;Chapter 2. Forms and Functions of Overseas Bases;23
8.1;THE PROLIFERATION OF ESOTERIC TECHNICAL FACILITIES;36
8.2;SUMMARY OF LONG-TERM TRENDS: THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE OF OVERSEAS BASE FUNCTIONS;41
8.3;NOTES;45
9;Chapter 3. Bases in the Interwar Period: The Heyday of Colonial Control;53
9.1;BASES AND HISTORY: A LONG-TERM VIEW FROM THE TIME OF THE SPANISH ARMADA;53
9.2;WORLD WAR I AND THE MAJOR COMBATANTS' OVERSEAS BASES;59
9.3;INTERWAR BASING SYSTEMS AND STRATEGIES;61
9.4;THE DUTCH OVERSEAS BASING SYSTEM;74
9.5;THE U.S. INTERWAR BASING SYSTEM;74
9.6;ITALY'S INTERWAR BASING SYSTEM;80
9.7;GERMANY'S INTERWAR BASING NETWORK;82
9.8;JAPAN'S INTERWAR BASING SYSTEM;84
9.9;THE SOVIET INTERWAR BASING NETWORK;87
9.10;THE RELATIONSHIP OF EPOCHAL CHARACTERISTICS AND BASING NETWORKS IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD;88
9.11;RAW MATERIALS ACCESS AND STRATEGY DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD;92
9.12;ARMS TRANSFERS AND BASES DURING THE INTERWAR PERIOD;95
9.13;SURROGATE WARS AND ARMS STAGING IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD;96
9.14;SUMMARY;97
9.15;NOTES;98
10;Chapter 4. Bases in the Early Postwar Period: Bipolarity and the Containment Ring;116
10.1;THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II ON SUBSEQUENT POSTWAR BASING STRUCTURES;119
10.2;THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE U.S. OVERSEAS BASING STRUCTURE IN THE IMMEDIATE POSTWAR YEARS;121
10.3;STRATEGIC DETERRENCE AND THE IMMEDIATE POSTWAR U.S. BASING SYSTEM;124
10.4;THE POSTWAR DECLINE OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND ITS IMPACT ON WESTERN BASING ASSETS;132
10.5;THE CONTRIBUTION OF OTHER WESTERN EUROPEAN OVERSEAS BASING ASSETS TO THE WEST;136
10.6;THE ZENITH OF PAX AMERICANA: THE EXPANSION OF THE U.S. ALLIANCE AND BASING STRUCTURE DURING THE 1950s;138
10.7;SOVIET EXTERNAL BASES AND ACCESS IN THE IMMEDIATE POSTWAR PERIOD: A GIANT TEMPORARILY CONSTRAINED;163
10.8;NOTES;164
11;Chapter 5. Soviet and Western Basing Networks in the Modern Era: The Changing Strategic Map;182
11.1;THE EXPANSION OF THE SOVIET BASING SYSTEM: THE DRIVE TO GLOBAL DIMENSIONS;184
11.2;SOVIET GREY AREA ACCESS: MILITARIZATION OF CIVILIAN FUNCTIONS;207
11.3;CONTINUING SOVIET QUEST FOR ACCESS;209
11.4;THE CONTRACTION OF THE U.S. BASING SYSTEM, POST 1965;213
11.5;NEW ("OLD") ENTRANTS TO THE BASING GAME;239
11.6;COMPETITIVE BASE DENIAL STRATEGIES AND ACTIVITIES;242
11.7;SUMMARY;246
11.8;NOTES;248
12;Chapter 6. Basing and Geopolitical Theories;279
12.1;DEFINING GEOPOLITICS: THEORY, IDEOLOGY, AND SEMANTIC CONFUSION;280
12.2;GEOPOLITICS AND REGIONALISM;283
12.3;THE GEOPOLITICAL TRADITION, POSITIONING, AND OVERSEAS ACCESS;286
12.4;TOWARD A NEW, COMPLEX GLOBAL VIEW;300
12.5;GEOPOLITICS, ACCESS, MAP IMAGES, AND COGNITIVE DISTORTIONS;306
12.6;GEOPOLITICS, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, AND OVERSEAS FACILITIES;309
12.7;NOTES;322
13;Chapter 7. Conclusion;336
13.1;BASING ACCESS AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORIES OR PARADIGMS;336
13.2;BASES AND DEPENDENCY THEORY: A SWING OF THE PENDULUM?;340
13.3;BASES AND THEORIZING ABOUT THE NATIONAL INTEREST;342
13.4;BASING ACCESS AND SOME RELATED SECURITY DOMAINS;344
13.5;BASES, ARMS RESUPPLY AND "SURROGATE CONFLICTS" IN THE THIRD WORLD;349
13.6;SUMMARY – THE FUTURE OF BASING DIPLOMACY;351
13.7;NOTES;354
14;Selected Bibliography;358
15;Index;364
16;About the Author;372