Ramstein is the largest U.S. base amid fifty thousand Americans abroad
Evidence
In the Civil War, these methods played a prominent role on both sides. Confederate regular forces, Confederate guerrillas such as William Quantrill, and General Sherman for the Union all engaged in waging total war against civilians. The pattern would continue in US military interventions overseas, from the Philippines and Cuba to Central America, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan. — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 224 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Base terminology obscures the real extent of U.S. control abroad.; Scorched-earth warfare against civilians became the template for later U.S. overseas interventions. — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 224
Related
- Scorched-earth warfare against civilians became the template for later U.S. overseas interventions. (similarity 0.89)
Broader Connections
- Base terminology obscures the real extent of U.S. control abroad.
#expands(0.50) - Scorched-earth warfare against civilians became the template for later U.S. overseas interventions.
#expands(0.40) — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 224