Access Granted: Political Challenges to the U.S. Overseas Military Presence, 1945-2014

The U.S. military depends on access to overseas bases both in peacetime and during contingencies but has faced a variety of political challenges to this access. The authors address questions about the type and severity of access problems the United States has faced since 1945, how these have changed over time, and how the United States can counter political threats to access.