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...
Main Author: | Colin Flint |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Island Studies Journal
2021-05-01
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Series: | Island Studies Journal |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.24043/isj.139 |
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