Her documentation is extensive, current, and inclusive of non-Western sources. . . . The book is a major contribution to existing perspectives in international relations. Through the author's survey of common and uncommon. I have no hesitation in describing Bananas, Beaches and Bases as the most significant book in contemporary feminist International Politics. Each time I re-visit it, I am taken aback by its profound implications for both feminism and International Politics.
Bases is cause for cosmic good cheer.
This trailblazing treatment of the gender politics of global market and military projects is a feminist classic. Enloe was there, cajoling Western feminists out of our political parochialism. There is no more creative, insightful, engaging feminist guide to international politics. It unleashes questions and insights that many conventional students of International Politics are accustomed to ignoring or overlooking about the dynamic between gender and international political life, and it guides us to see how both are mutually constitutive. This is a book which provokes discussion with students, colleagues, friends and family.