Год выпуска: 2011 Автор: David Vine Издательство: Princeton University Press Страниц: 288 ISBN: 9780691149837, 978-0-691-14983-7
Описание
The small, remote island of Diego Garcia serves as the site for one of the most strategically important U.S. military installations outside the United States. Located near the center of the Indian Ocean and accessible only by military transport, the little-known base has been instrumental in American military operations from the Cold War to the war on terror. But that's not the only dark secret in the island's past. Island of Shame is the first major book to reveal the shocking truth of how the United States conspired with Britain to forcibly expel Diego Garcia's indigenous people-the Chagossians-and deport them to slums in Mauritius and the Seychelles. Drawing on interviews with Washington insiders, military strategists, and exiled islanders, as well as hundreds of declassified documents, David Vine exposes the sordid history of Diego Garcia and chronicles the dramatic, unfolding story of the Chagossians' battle to return to their homeland.
