U.S. Military Troops and Bases around the World. The Cost of «Permanent War» and Some Comparative Data

I have had quite a lot of response from followers and casual readers about the veracity of some of these numbers and charts. I thought that in order to clarify the issue I should list the sources of these and it might bring a little more transparency to the issues. My article appeared in the January 6, 2011 post titled “Three King’s Day –Government is too big…”

Sources: Department of Defense, “Base Structure Report, FY 2002 and “Active Duty Military Personnel Strengths by Regional area and by Country, Dec. 31, 2001”, Zoltan Grossman, “New U.S. Military Bases. “Feb 2, 2002, Monthly Review, 2002”

I did some double checking and although the map in question is a bit outdated, the sources are reliable and respectable. The U.S. military presence in the world remains very high albeit it may have had some changes…either increases or decreases since 2001. We have to take into consideration also that this was around the 9/11 attacks and before the Iraq invasion. The deployment of military personnel to some countries has increased tremendously.

SOURCES: http://www.unitedforpeace.org/img/original/military.jpg

http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/intervention/index.htm

http://www.visionesalternativas.com/militarizacion/mapas/mapahegem.htm

AND IF YOU CARE TO RESEARCH ANY FURTHER; HERE ARE SOME OF THE SOURCES I CONSULTED:

Références

COMITÉ DE SURVEILLANCE OTAN. 2005. Las bases militares : un aspecto de la estrategia global de la OTAN. Intervencion del Comité Surveillance Otan en la Conferencia Internacional realizada en La Habana 7-11.11.2005. 9 pages.

DELGADO JARA, Diego. 2006. Bases de Manta, Plan Colombia y dominio de la Amazonia. Militarizacion de la Hegemonia de EE. UU. En América latina. 17 pages.

EQUIPO DE COMUNICACIÓN CONFERENCIA NO BASES. 2007. La gente del mundo no quiere bases militares extranjeras.
GELMAN, J. 2007. Terratenientes. Rebelion. 26 de Febrero de 2007, http://www.rebelion.org/noticia.php?id-47353

Ghana to host US Military Base? February 26, 2006.

JOHNSON, C., America's Empire of Bases. January 2004.

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JOHNSON, C., 2007.. 737 U.S. Military Bases = Global Empire. February 19, 2007

JUCCA, L., 2007. Italians protest over U.S. base expansion. Sat Feb 17, 2007.

MANFREDI, E. 2007. Djibouti : Hôtel Corne d’Afrique, grande base américaine. Le GRAND SOIR.info. Édition du 23 mars 2007.

NEW INTERNATIONALIST. 2004. The Bases of Resistance, December 2004, Issue 374.

NICHOLSON, B. 2007. Secret New Us Spy base to Get Green Light. February 15, 2 007.

TRAYNOR, I. 2007. US EXPANDS, Builds New Military Bases in Europe. The Guardian, anuary 22, 2007.

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VAREA, C., Las bases Militares de EEUU en Iraq. 4 mai 2006. Nodo50.

Web Sites

An Internet Guide to United States Military Bases Around the World :

http://www.libsci.sc.edu/bob/class/clis734/webguides/milbase.htm

APPEL A UN RASSEMBLEMENT INTERNATIONAL en Mars 2007, Équateur, Pour l’abolition de toutes les bases militaires

Bases y Ejercicios Militares de EE.UU. El Comando Sur.

BUILDING A GLOBAL ANTI-MILITARY BASES MOVEMENT
Campana. Un mundo sin bases militares . Asemblea de Organizaciones y Movimientos contra la guerra, la OTAN y el Neoliberalismo (Madrid), Nodo50.

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Washington veut installer une base militaire en Algérie. Le Quotidien d'Oran, 20 juillet 2003.

Empire? http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/index.htm International Conference against Foreign Military Bases. Final Declaration.

[Fsmed-general] for all that are against foreign military bases:
http://www.grups.pangea.org/pipermail/fsmed-general/Week-of-Mon-20060206/001002.html

FUENTES DE AGUA EN AMÉRICA LATINA :
http://www.visionesalternativas.com/militarizacion/mapas/mapahegem.htm

Abdulhafeth Khrisat, Impérialisme américain et politique militaire, , Université Mu’tah
Interview with Chalmers Johnson, Part 1. An Empire of More Than 725 Military Bases.

Liste des bases militaires américaines dans le monde.

Major Military Bases World-Wide,
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/sites.htm

Military Bases Around The World, http://www.fsmitha.com/com/bases.htm

Military Bases around the world and in Europe - the role of the USA and NATO , Iraklis Tsavdaridis, Secretary of the World Peace Council (WPC) 8th November 2005, From the Greek Committee for International Detente and Peace (EEDYE), Presented on November 8, 2005 at the International Conference on Foreign Military Bases in Havana/Cuba organized by MOVPAZ :

http://stopusa.be/campaigns/texte.php?section=FABN&langue=3&id=24157

Military of the United States : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_armed_forces

MOVIMIENTOS SOCIALES DE RESISTENCIA EN AMÉRICA LATINA

No a la instalacion de una base de la OTAN en Zaragoza :
http://www.ecologistasenaccion.org/article.php3?id_article=6261

OTAN – Le grand jeu des bases militaires en terre européenne :

http://www.mondialisation.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=DIN20060509&articleId=2414

Protestas contra bases militares de EEUU en Espana :
http://spanish.peopledaily.com.cn/spanish/200104/02/sp20010402_46341.html

RIQUEZA DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD EN AMÉRICA LATINA

US Military Troops and Bases Around the World :
http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/intervention/2003/0710imperialmap.htm

U.S. Military Troops and Bases Around the World /united for peace & justice:
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?id=884

US Military Expansion and Intervention :
http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/intervention/index.htm

YACIMIENTOS PETROLEROS EN AMÉRICA LATINA :
http://www.visionesalternativas.com/militarizacion/mapas/mapapetrol.htm