In a process described by its critics as "brutal" and "heartless," a group of faceless commissioners closed down almost 100 military bases between 1989 and 1995. The process was hailed as a means to "take politics out of base closure," and it succeeded as surplus bases closed after a ten-year hiatus. But, as this book indicates, the politics of base protection continued. In Shutting Down the Cold War, David Sorenson finds that the most powerful congressional representatives protected bases in their states and districts, and as a consequence the military never got as many bases closed as they...
In a process described by its critics as "brutal" and "heartless," a group of faceless commissioners closed down almost 100 military bases between 198...
This book explores the political and economic interactions between civilians and the armed forces in the post-World War II Middle East, emphasizing four themes: military and society, the role of the military in political transitions, the military's part in national economies, and the relationships between soldiers and civilians in wartime.
This book explores the political and economic interactions between civilians and the armed forces in the post-World War II Middle East, emphasizing fo...
