Base colonies in the Western hemisphere, 1940-1967 / Steven High.
TITLE:
Base colonies in the Western hemisphere, 1940-1967 / Steven High.
By:
Publication Date:
2009
Publication Information:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan,
Physical Description:
xii, 299 p. : ill., maps.
Subject Term:
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
This book examines the consequences of the famous Anglo-American destroyers-for-bases deal of September 1940, which saw fifty aged US destroyers exchanged for extensive army and navy base sites in Trinidad, Bermuda and Newfoundland as well as smaller sites in British Guiana (Guyana), Antigua, St. Lucia, Jamaica and the Bahamas.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780230609433
