Bases expanded American power far beyond the small territory they occupy.
Evidence
While the motivations behind this strategy were diverse, the result was that U.S. bases overseas became a major mechanism of U.S. global power. While the total acreage of territory acquired may have been relatively slight, in the ability to rapidly deploy the U.S. military nearly anywhere on the globe, the basing system represented a dramatic expansion of American might. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 94
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: Connects to paragraph 96’s ‘global economic access without colonies’ theme.
Related
- Modest base acreage nonetheless gave the U.S. global reach (similarity 0.92)
- By 1900 the U.S. had an overseas base network rivaling European colonial powers (similarity 0.86)
- Bases served a grand strategy of global economic access without colonies. (similarity 0.85)
- The U.S. base network exceeds any prior empire’s footprint (similarity 0.84)
- The U.S. holds more foreign bases than any empire in history (similarity 0.84)
- Postwar US military global reach exceeded that of any prior empire (similarity 0.84)
- The destroyers-for-bases deal transformed the US into a global military power. (similarity 0.83)
- Analyzing overseas bases reveals America’s economy runs on continuous war preparations. (similarity 0.82)
- The Korean and Vietnam wars drove further base expansion waves (similarity 0.82)
- U.S. bases abroad are walled enclaves of plenty amid surrounding poverty (similarity 0.81)
- The U.S. can project force globally without any permanent overseas bases. (similarity 0.81)
- The U.S. military network has expanded geographically despite closing giant Cold War bases (similarity 0.81)
- Overseas bases reveal America’s permanent war footing and militarized economy (similarity 0.81)
- US military can project power farther than any rival without overseas bases (similarity 0.81)
- The US military can deploy power faster than any rival without foreign bases. (similarity 0.81)