- Paperback: 358 pages
- Publisher: iUniverse; illustrated edition edition (20 Jan 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0595144063
- ISBN-13: 978-0595144068
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.3 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Diego Garcia is about the Navy's need for secure communications in the Indian Ocean area, and who and how this need was fulfilled. The establishment of a classified radio station on the island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago precipitated considerable national and international debate during the Cold War. How Diego Garcia became the linchpin of United States strategy in the Indian Ocean and Southwest Asia illustrates the complexities and difficulties that a democracy faces whenever it addresses national security issues. During the early 1970's, as British presence East of Suez was being withdrawn, India led an effort to establish a Zone of Peace, and the dependence on Middle East oil required the United States to establish an Indian Ocean presence effectively and unobtrusively. Diego Garcia fills in a 25 year gap in the history of this base, and those who made it possible.
About the Author
Vytautas Van Bandjunis served in the Navy Civil Engineer Corps in San Juan, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Naval Academy, and at the Chelsea Naval Hospital before joining the Office of Secretary of Defense for Logistics and Housing in 1968. There he reviewed and assisted in presenting construction programs and legislation before congressional committees.
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A significant contribution to post colonial British history,
By Henrik Karl Nielsen, attorney-at-law (mail@hk... (Copenhagen, Denmark) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Diego Garcia: Creation of the Indian Ocean Base (Paperback)
Names as Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago and British Indian Ocean Territory may be unknown to most people around the Globe. Only the latter gives us a hint as to the location of the territory in question, though you may face difficulties in spotting it on your World Map or even in finding a useful map on the Internet. Though widely unknown the island of Diego Garcia in the Chagos Archipelago and its Indian Ocean Base has had an important role to play in recent years as one og the bases used in air strikes during Operation Desert Storm and Operation Enduring Freedom.The book by Vytautas Blaise Bandjunis Diego Garcia - Creation of the Indian Ocean Base is a useful, important and interesting contribution to recent British colonial history and US military history. It analyses in details the post War development of US military plans for the creation of a permanent presence in the Indian Ocean. Questions of international law and politics are dealt with, including the reactions from the United Nations and the Soviet Union. As it may be understood from the sub title of the book "Creation of the Indian Ocean Base" Bandjunis' focus is on the historic development leading to the establishment of the US Indian Ocean Base on Diego Garcia, capable of supporting even B52 bombers. This focus enables the reader to understand the present existence of the Base in a post war context, especially on the background of the British decolonisation process implying that locations as Aden, Suez and Singapore have gradually been brought outside the sphere of interest of Great Britain and thereby its ally the United States. The military importance of the establishment of the British Indian Ocean Base becomes very clear to the reader of the book. The tragic fate of the native population of the Archipelago is also dealt with, as Bandjunis does not omit references to the forced relocation of the population in 1971 to Mauritius. The book, accordingly, should call for attention not only among readers with special interests in military history. A few months before Bandjunis' book was published, a lawsuit relating to rights of land initiated by the local population against the British Government was decided in favour of the local population. The Indian Ocean Base is, therefore, not only of significant interest due to military operations; it should also call for attention among readers with interest in the field of indigenous populations and human rights. It is, however, regrettable, that the book does not analyse future perspectives of the territory, which still has the status of a British Colony, though it is claimed by Mauritius. It may be true that the Chagos Archipelago has not yet been subject to its last controversy.
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3.0 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Out of date,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Diego Garcia: Creation of the Indian Ocean Base (Paperback)
It's a decent book and the legwork is first rate. Unfortunately, its about 12 or 13 years to late. Several things have changed on the island, including it's ownership. The mauritians have won a court battle that turns the island back over to them. The military life has been expanded, and the relationship between the groups involved have changed slightly.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Diego Garcia Ex-resident Here!,
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This review is from: Diego Garcia: Creation of the Indian Ocean Base (Paperback)
Most people's reaction when I tell them that I was stationed there, I get this lost look on their faces. Yes, this British territory is an unknown to many people. Some even thought that it lies somewhere in Mexico. HA! I'm in the US Navy. I happen to see this book online here at Amazon. I was so eager to get it right away that I went to my local bookstore to find it. Sure enough, there it is! Anyway, the book clearly defines island life. The way it REALLY began. Not just about creating an American presence there back in the 1970's. But, it's about the local natives that hail from Maurtitius. These people currently live on the island as workers to support the military. Back in the Cold War and the Persian Gulf War, this island was a true importance of our national interest in the Indian Ocean region. This book historical's insight gave me memories of my one-year service there. Alot of them were places I've seen and came across while I was on the island. The island is rich and full of natural beauty. I dub it "work/paradise". I worked there and "vacationed" there. For those who are going to get stationed there, give this book a try. You might even outsmart the British with your knowledge of the island beforehand. They might buy you a drink! It's bad enough we outnumber them on the island population-wise. For us DG vets, this might be our memoirs.
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