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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 – 30 noi 2006
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: 164 x 236 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Seria Contemporary Military, Strategic, and Security Issues

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Foreword by LAWRENCE KORB
vii
Preface
xi
Introduction
xv
Chapter 1 The Military Base Structure in the United States
1
Chapter 2 Base Closure: Reasons and Consequences
13
Chapter 3 The Base Closure Process
30
Chapter 4 The 2005 BRAC Round
76
Chapter 5 Closing Overseas Military Bases
112
Chapter 6 Summary and Conclusions
124
Appendix I Base Profiles
127
Ingleside Naval Station, Texas
127
Fort Monroe, Virginia
132
Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota
136
Submarine Base New London, CT
141
Naval Air Station Oceana
147
Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Oakland, California
151
Lowry AFB, Colorado
154
Birmingham International Airport Air Guard Station, Alabama
157
Fort Devens, Massachusetts
160
Clark Air Base
163
Appendix II Major Active Military Bases by State, 1988 and 2006
171
Appendix III Major Base Closures by State and by Year
173
Appendix IV List of Major Bases Closed by Year: 1988-2005
175
Appendix V Civilian Jobs Impact of Four BRAC Rounds
180
Appendix VI BRAC 2005 Chronology of Events
183
Glossary of Terms
185
Bibliography
187
Index
191

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.