Description
Book SynopsisA complete analysis of the troubled relationship between the US Navy and the residents of Vieques, a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico. Since the 1940s when the navy expropriated over two-thirds of the island, residents have struggled to make a life amid the bombs and weaponry fire.
Trade ReviewMcCaffrey's outstanding analysis movingly narrates this community's longstanding anguish and accurately situates the Vieques movement in the larger context of U.S. military policy in the Caribbean and Puerto Rico's unresolved status quandary. Those interested in understanding the Vieques crisis will find
Military Power and Popular Protest an indispensable work. -- Amflcar Antonio Barreto * author of Vieques, the Navy, and Puerto Rican Politics *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Acronyms and Spanish Terms
Introduction
One. A Strategic Colony on the Margins of the Empire
Two. Cultural Identity of Vieques
Three. The Fishermen's War
Four. We Are a Species in Danger of Extinction: The Aftermath of the Fishermen's Crusade
Five. Organizing for Change
Six. From Pescadores to Rescatores: The Resurgence and Transformation of Struggle
Seven. The Battle of Vieques
Notes
References
Index
