The military markets bases abroad by promising local benefits

Evidence

Of course, Duffy said, diplomacy goes on so Hondurans don’t think you’re coming to take advantage of them. You need to show them “your people are going to get benefits. Your doctors are going to get benefits. Your local politicians are going to get benefits,” in the form of donated equipment or construction. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 980

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Generous military allowances distort local overseas housing markets — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 445; Small military outposts advance U.S. business and deepen host-country dependence. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1015; Military exercises abroad are partly timed for leisure perks rather than strategic need (+5 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Generous military allowances distort local overseas housing markets — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 445; Small military outposts advance U.S. business and deepen host-country dependence. — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 1015; Military exercises abroad are partly timed for leisure perks rather than strategic need (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Troop salaries spent abroad leak economic benefit out of the US economy #complicates (0.79) — David Vine, Base Nation_ How U.S. Military Bases…, 652