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Base Encounters

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

Base Encounters

By Elisabeth Schober

1 Ratings • 5.0 of 5

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About the book

Base Encounters explores the social friction that US bases have caused in South Korea, where the entertainment districts next to American military installations have come under much scrutiny.The Korean peninsula is one of the most heavily militarised regions in the world and the conflict between the North and South is continually exacerbated by the presence of nearly 30,000 US soldiers in the area. Crimes committed in GI entertainment areas have been amplified by an outraged public as both a sym...Show more

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ISBN

9780745336053

Publisher

Pluto Press

Published year

2016

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1

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Base Encounters

Format

Paperback

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