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Military Base Closure: A Reference Handbook de David S. Sorenson

Military Base Closure: A Reference Handbook: Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues

Autor David S. Sorenson
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 noi 2006 – vârsta până la 17 ani
Between 1988 and 1995, the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission closed down 97 bases and realigned over 350 other bases. A hot button topic in the military field, base-closings is an important issue that affects not only soldiers, but ordinary citizens as well. Due to their massive economic significance for local and regional communities, military bases impact thousands of people, and thus encompass various political interests between local, state, and national levels. This reference work investigates the politics and key political figures involved in base-closing decisions, and considers various reasons why bases have been and continue to be closed down. An overview of the U.S. military base infrastructure as well as primary documents is included to help students understand the BRAC Commission process between 1988-2005. The book also analyzes the closure of overseas bases outside of the BRAC process. Ideal for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students, this comprehensive handbook is the only complete reference guide to military base closings.Between 1988 and 1995, the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission closed down 97 bases and realigned over 350 other bases. A hot button topic in the military field, base-closings is an important issue that affects not only soldiers, but ordinary citizens as well. Due to their massive economic significance for local and regional communities, military bases impact thousands of people, and thus encompass various political interests between local, state, and national levels. This reference work investigates the politics and key political figures involved in base-closing decisions, and considers various reasons why bases have been and continue to be closed down. An overview of the U.S. military base infrastructure as well as primary documents are included to help students understand the BRAC Commission process between 1988-2005. Ideal for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students, this comprehensive handbook is the only complete reference guide to military base closings.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780275991524
ISBN-10: 0275991520
Pagini: 216
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

A chronology of the 2005 BRAC round. This user-friendly resource offers students and general readers alike a complete assessment of military base-closings and their effects on our society.

Notă biografică

David S. Sorenson has taught national security and military affairs for over 25 years at Denison University, the Mershon Center at Ohio State University, and at the U.S. Air War College. He is the author of Shutting Down the Cold War: The Politics of Military Base Closure (1998).

Cuprins

Foreword by LAWRENCE KORBviiPrefacexiIntroductionxvChapter 1 The Military Base Structure in the United States1Chapter 2 Base Closure: Reasons and Consequences13Chapter 3 The Base Closure Process30Chapter 4 The 2005 BRAC Round76Chapter 5 Closing Overseas Military Bases112Chapter 6 Summary and Conclusions124Appendix I Base Profiles127Ingleside Naval Station, Texas127Fort Monroe, Virginia132Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota136Submarine Base New London, CT141Naval Air Station Oceana147Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Oakland, California151Lowry AFB, Colorado154Birmingham International Airport Air Guard Station, Alabama157Fort Devens, Massachusetts160Clark Air Base163Appendix II Major Active Military Bases by State, 1988 and 2006171Appendix III Major Base Closures by State and by Year173Appendix IV List of Major Bases Closed by Year: 1988-2005175Appendix V Civilian Jobs Impact of Four BRAC Rounds180Appendix VI BRAC 2005 Chronology of Events183Glossary of Terms185Bibliography187Index191

Recenzii

US military base closure is governed by a highly regularized process called base realignment and closure (BRAC). In this volume, Sorenson details that process and analyzes the impact of politics on how it is implemented and its effects. He examines the varying reasons for base closures, pre-BRAC processes of closure, and the 2005 BRAC process. He judges the 2005 BRAC to have fallen far short of its goals, partly through the political activities of domestic base defenders, although individual base conversions were largely successful.
Between 1988 and 1995 the Base Realignment and Closure Commission closed nearly a hundred bases ands realigned over three hundred others, affecting not only soldiers but the communities which housed these bases. Military Base Closure is for both military collections and any community affected by a closure -- it's the only complete reference to these closings and considers the politics and rationale behind base closures, profiling those affected by the process and those which remain.