United States and Britain in Diego Garcia
The Future of a Controversial Base
Authors: Sand, P.
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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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"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
- Table of contents (6 chapters)
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History: Empire’s Last-Born Colony
Pages 1-13
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Human Rights: How to Depopulate an Island
Pages 15-33
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Power Politics: “Our” Ocean
Pages 35-41
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Military Secrecy: Public Access Denied
Pages 43-49
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Nemesis: Natural Heritage Dredged—and Drowned
Pages 51-61
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- United States and Britain in Diego Garcia
- Book Subtitle
- The Future of a Controversial Base
- Authors
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- P. Sand
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan US
- Copyright Holder
- Peter H. Sand
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-62296-8
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230622968
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-61709-4
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-38028-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- X, 210
- Topics
