Table of Contents
August 22, 2008
Introduction: Mission Creep
Bush and Rumsfeld may be history but America's new global footprint lives on.
By Michael Mechanic
Mapping the Pentagon's Global Footprint
Exclusive: In a yearlong project, the Mother Jones editorial team investigated US military activity around the globe, country by country. Presenting our new primer of the post-Bush world order.
America's Unwelcome Advances
The US military's foreign overtures are running into a world of public opposition. Plus: Hot buys at the PX!
By Chalmers Johnson
US Troops Retake the Dragon's Lair
Filipinos thought they'd sent the GIs packing, but the Pentagon found a way in through the back door.
By Herbert Docena
Homesick for Camp Justice
Exiled to make way for a US military base, the islanders of Diego Garcia have convinced the British courts of their right to return. But the UK is fighting tooth and nail to keep them from coming back.
By David Vine
How to Stay in Iraq for 1,000 Years
Is there a way for US negotiators to finagle permanent bases without permission from Congress? Yep. It's called a SOFA.
By Frida Berrigan
What Permanent Iraq Presence?
What the Beltway crowd said way back when about how long we'd be in Baghdad.
Brzezinski Talks Bases
The former national security adviser on the Bush Pentagon's spending binge: "Do we really need that for our security?"
Interview by Michael Mechanic
The Empire Strikes Out
Soldier-scholar Andrew Bacevich talks about his hot new foreign policy book, a less-costly Afghanistan strategy, and why he's disappointed with both McCain and Obama.
Interview by Michael Mechanic
My Bases Are Bigger Than Your Country
Our roundup of the Pentagon's latest basing stats—plus a few we dug up ourselves.
By Celia Perry
Mission Creep Dispatches
We asked a host of military thinkers to contribute their two cents on topics relating to global Pentagon strategy.
Recommended Reading
More from Mother Jones and TomDispatch on the Pentagon's overseas strategy.
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