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United States and Britain in Diego Garcia

The Future of a Controversial Base

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  • © 2009

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  1. Peter H. Sand
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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. History: Empire’s Last-Born Colony

    • Peter H. Sand
    Pages 1-13

  3. Human Rights: How to Depopulate an Island

    • Peter H. Sand
    Pages 15-33

  4. Power Politics: “Our” Ocean

    • Peter H. Sand
    Pages 35-41

  5. Military Secrecy: Public Access Denied

    • Peter H. Sand
    Pages 43-49

  6. Nemesis: Natural Heritage Dredged—and Drowned

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    Pages 51-61

  7. Epilogue: The Lords’ Day?

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    Pages 63-68

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 69-210
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Diego Garcia is a pivotal US base for all Middle East operations. This book describes its evolution from a secret US-UK bilateral deal in 1966 and the deportation of the native population in the 70s to its new role in Guantánamo-style 'renditions' and the impact of miltary construction on its environment.

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"With an invaluable collection of relevant treaties and government documents provided as an addendum, Sand's book is a quintessential work for those interested in acquiring information on the legal basis of the American base on the island." - Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

'...impressive in terms of its empirical research...Sand provides a comprehensive review of the extant literature and archival records on the Chagos Islands, as well as the myriad legal instruments -both domestic and international - that relate to the archipelago.' - African Affairs

About the author

PETER H. SAND, formerly legal adviser for the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Bank, is a lecturer in International Environmental Law at the University of Munich, Germany. His earlier publications include Lessons Learned in Global Environmental Governance (1990), Transnational Environmental Law (1997), and over a hundred articles in international legal journals and collections. He has been visiting professor at Duke Law School and at the universities of Paris, Geneva, Addis Ababa, and Helsinki; and he served on the UN Security Council's Compensation Commission for environmental claims arising from the 1991 Gulf War.

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