America Town: Building the Outposts of Empire
- ISBN-10
- 1452912882
- ISBN-13
- 9781452912882
- Category
- Architecture
- Pages
- 350
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- U of Minnesota Press
- Author
- Mark L. Gillem
Description
Covers the land development and architectural policies and practices that the US military follows worldwide in planning, building, and expanding installations of untold extent in 140 countries.
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