Base Colonies in the Western Hemisphere, 1940–1967
ISBN: 9780230618046
Platform/Publisher: SpringerLink / Palgrave Macmillan US
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Subjects: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection;

This book examines the social, economic and political aftermath of the famous Anglo-American 'destroyers-for-bases' deal of 2nd September 1940 that saw fifty obsolete U.S. destroyers exchanged for 'base colonies' in Trinidad, Bermuda, Newfoundland and the Bahamas.

STEVEN HIGH is Associate Professor in Public History at Concordia University, Canada.

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