Publication Date
2022
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Jonathan Winkler, Ph.D. (Committee Chair); Paul Lockhart, Ph.D. (Committee Member); Kathryn Meyer, Ph.D. (Committee Member); Arvind Elangovan, Ph.D. (Other)
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Abstract
Existing scholarly literature on U.S. military bases in foreign nations does not adequately take films depicting such installations into account. This master’s thesis is a corrective for this oversight. Recognizing the utility of foreign films featuring American military bases or troop presences, this thesis examines them in light of scholarly work on these installations. Of particular importance in this analysis are the periodization of U.S. basing favored by Robert Kaplan and the categorization of varieties of antibase protest favored by Kent Calder. Using these two writers as an analytical framework, as well as histories of U.S. basing and military occupations, it is possible to view these films as primary sources for these occupations. While depictions of Americans as individuals vary across films, generally U.S. occupations are viewed negatively by the non-American filmmakers examined. Local authorities of host nations are equally criticized for complicity in the crimes committed by the occupiers.
Page Count
167
Department or Program
Department of History
Year Degree Awarded
2022
Copyright
Copyright 2022, all rights reserved. My ETD will be available under the "Fair Use" terms of copyright law.
