Title Military power and popular protest : the U.S. Navy in Vieques, Puerto Rico / Katherine T. McCaffrey

Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 218 pages) : illustrations Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Strategic Colony on the Margins of the Empire -- 2. Cultural Identity In Vieques -- 3. Fishermen's War -- 4. We Are a Species in Danger of Extinction: The Aftermath of the Fishermen's Crusade -- 5. Organizing for Change -- 6. From Pescadores to Rescatores: The Resurgence and Transformation of Struggle -- 7. Battle of Vieques Summary Residents of Vieques, a small island just off the east coast of puerto Rico, live wedged between an ammunition depot and live bombing range for the U.S. Navy. Since the 1940s when the navy expropriated over two-thirds of the island, residents have struggled to make a life amid the thundering of bombs and rumbling of weaponry fire. Like the army's base in Okinawa, Japan, the facility has drawn vociferous protests from residents who challenged U.S. security interests overseas. In 1999, when a local civilian employee of the base was killed by a stray bomb, Vieques again erupted in protests that have mobilized tens of thousands of individuals and have transformed this tiny Caribbean Island into the setting for an international cause celebre Katherine T. McCaffrey gives a complete analysis of the troubled relationship between the U.S. Navy and island residents. She explores such topics as the history of U.S. naval involvement in Vieques; a grassroots mobilization-led by fishermen-that began in the 1970s; how the navy promised to improve the lives of the island residents-and failed; and the present-day emergence of a revitalized political activism that has effectively challenged naval hegemony Military bases overseas act as lightning rods for anti-American sentiment, thus threatening this country's image and interests abroad. By analyzing this particular, conflicted relationship, the book also explores important lessons about colonialism and postcoloialism and the relationship of the United States to the countries in which it maintains military bases. Book jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-206) and index Notes English Print version record Subject United States. Navy -- Target practice -- History -- 20th century SUBJECT United States. Navy fast Subject Protest movements -- Puerto Rico -- Vieques Island -- History -- 20th century Civil-military relations -- Puerto Rico -- Vieques Island -- History -- 20th century Government, Resistance to -- Puerto Rico -- Vieques Island -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- General. Civil-military relations Government, Resistance to Protest movements Armed Forces -- Target practice Marine Zivilbevölkerung Protestbewegung Marinebases. Protestbewegingen. Latin America. Regions & Countries - Americas. History & Archaeology. SUBJECT Vieques Island (P.R.) -- History -- 20th century Subject Puerto Rico -- Vieques Island Vieques USA Puerto Rico. Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2001048838 ISBN 0813532523 9780813532523 0813557569 9780813557564

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