Seapower, Geostrategic Relations, and Islandness: The World War II Destroyers for Bases Deal
The Destroyers for Bases deal was signed on March 27, 1941, and transferred fifty aging US destroyers to Great Britain in exchange for 99-year leases of bases on the British controlled islands of Newfoundland, Bermuda, Trinidad, Jamaica, Antigua, St. Lucia, the Bahamas, and one in British Guiana. Th...
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ftutahsudc:oai:digitalcommons.usu.edu:polsci_facpub-1046 2023-05-15T17:22:27+02:00 Seapower, Geostrategic Relations, and Islandness: The World War II Destroyers for Bases Deal Flint, Colin University of Prince Edward Island * Institute of Island Studies 2021-01-01T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/polsci_facpub/45 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=polsci_facpub unknown Hosted by Utah State University Libraries https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/polsci_facpub/45 https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1046&context=polsci_facpub Copyright for this work is held by the author. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. For more information contact the Institutional Repository Librarian at digitalcommons@usu.edu. PDM Political Science Faculty Publications Destroyers for Bases deal Islandness Seapower United States of America World War II text 2021 ftutahsudc 2022-10-06T17:19:24Z The Destroyers for Bases deal was signed on March 27, 1941, and transferred fifty aging US destroyers to Great Britain in exchange for 99-year leases of bases on the British controlled islands of Newfoundland, Bermuda, Trinidad, Jamaica, Antigua, St. Lucia, the Bahamas, and one in British Guiana. The deal highlights how US strategic planners came to see the value of the islands because of their relationality. Three forms of relationality are discussed: the land/sea dialectic; spatial connectivity; and the changing geopolitical balance of power. Relationality is a factor in four strategic calculations: other islands; other continents; other oceans; and the conjuncture of long-term historical processes of hegemonic decline and rise. The relationality of the islands is understood through the lens of seapower as both input (the military bases) and output (the projection of force). Media representations of the deal are discussed to illustrate how islandness was implicit in the narration of the islands as being of strategic benefit to the US. The conclusions drawn emphasize the need to see strategic and military actors as agents who are aware of and construct island relationality; and the need for islands to be included as one of the inputs of seapower. Text Newfoundland Utah State University: DigitalCommons@USU Trinidad ENVELOPE(-60.734,-60.734,-63.816,-63.816) |
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The Destroyers for Bases deal was signed on March 27, 1941, and transferred fifty aging US destroyers to Great Britain in exchange for 99-year leases of bases on the British controlled islands of Newfoundland, Bermuda, Trinidad, Jamaica, Antigua, St. Lucia, the Bahamas, and one in British Guiana. The deal highlights how US strategic planners came to see the value of the islands because of their relationality. Three forms of relationality are discussed: the land/sea dialectic; spatial connectivity; and the changing geopolitical balance of power. Relationality is a factor in four strategic calculations: other islands; other continents; other oceans; and the conjuncture of long-term historical processes of hegemonic decline and rise. The relationality of the islands is understood through the lens of seapower as both input (the military bases) and output (the projection of force). Media representations of the deal are discussed to illustrate how islandness was implicit in the narration of the islands as being of strategic benefit to the US. The conclusions drawn emphasize the need to see strategic and military actors as agents who are aware of and construct island relationality; and the need for islands to be included as one of the inputs of seapower. |
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