Base Nation
《基地国家》考察美国在海外建立的广泛军事设施网络。政治人类学家大卫·维恩通过研究以及受海外基地影响的社区所提供的叙述，讨论这些基地在政治、经济、社会、环境和战略层面的后果。本书还质疑这样一种假设：永久性的全球军事存在必然能够改善安全；这一假设与相关社区和研究所呈现的多重影响，共同构成了全书的核心问题。
维恩的贡献，在于把海外基地体系的多个层面纳入同一项考察。他没有只把军事设施视为战略工具，而是进一步讨论它们与当地社区，以及更广泛的政治、经济、社会和环境状况之间的关系。社区叙述使论述获得了较为具体的视角，而对既有安全假设的质疑，则为全书提供了清晰的组织线索。
本书的重要性，在于考察全球军事存在如何产生超出其所宣称战略目的的后果。它把安全问题同社区经验以及政治、经济、社会和环境问题联系起来，促使读者评估海外基地的实际影响与代价，而不是把它们的价值视为不言自明。
收藏者或许会因《基地国家》兼具政治分析与社区视角而关注它。它的文学兴趣，体现在将一个广泛的国际体系放置于受影响社区的叙述之中；其艺术性相对有限，但在宏观论证与具体经验之间的转换中仍可辨认。对于重视把公共政策同生活后果联系起来、并愿意重新审视熟悉假设的读者而言，这是一部值得保留和重读的作品。
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Base Nation: How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World by political anthropologist David Vine examines the extensive network of American military installations outside the United States. Drawing on research and accounts from communities affected by overseas bases, Vine considers their political, economic, social, environmental, and strategic consequences and challenges the assumption that a permanent global military presence necessarily improves security.
Published by Metropolitan Books in 2015 as part of The American Empire Project, this is the first edition and first printing of the hardcover, with a complete number line. The book runs 432 pages and includes bibliographical references, an index, and numerous informative maps illustrating the worldwide distribution and development of U.S. military facilities. The publisher identifies the work as a Washington Post bestseller.
This copy is in Very Good condition with its dust jacket. Light wear is visible at the jacket corners and edges, and the jacket is now protected in a removable clear plastic cover. The photographed interior pages and illustrated map spreads appear clean, well preserved, and legible, without visible markings, stains, or tears on the pages shown.
