Between McAlpine and Polaris

ISBN-13: 9780367629892 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 300 str.

George Giacinto Giarchi

Opis

This book, first published in 1984, examines the impact of the US Polaris base at Holy Loch, Scotland, upon the people of Cowal in Argyll, and its imposition upon them by powers outside the locality. It evaluates the ecological, economic, political and cultural effects of the Base from its establishment in 1961.

Spis treści

Part 1. By Way of Introduction  1. Setting the Scene  2. The Makings of New Dunoon  Part 2. The Source and Mode of the Impacts  3. The Military Invasion  4. The Industrial Intrusion  5. The Bureaucratic Take-Over  Part 3. The Effects of the Impacts  6. Environmental Hazards  7. A Plundered Economy  8. A Political Babel  9. Culture Clashes  Part 4. Conclusion  10. Putting Together the Picture  11. Postscript

O autorze

G.G. Giarchi