Modest base acreage nonetheless gave the U.S. global reach

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

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 94