Military Base Closure
A Reference Handbook
Published on 30. November 2006
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-275-99152-4 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Chapters in Part I include:
Military Base Structure in the U.S.: History and Evolution
Reasons for Base Closure
Base Closure Process
An Examination of the 2005 BRAC
Conclusions and Lessons
Part II includes profiles of key bases, affected by the BRAC process.
Part III includes the following key documents:
A list of bases closed by BRAC by year and state.
Civilian jobs impacted by BRAC.
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.
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.
Chapters in Part I include:
Military Base Structure in the U.S.: History and Evolution
Reasons for Base Closure
Base Closure Process
An Examination of the 2005 BRAC
Conclusions and Lessons
Part II includes profiles of key bases, affected by the BRAC process.
Part III includes the following key documents:
A list of bases closed by BRAC by year and state.
Civilian jobs impacted by BRAC.
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.
Reviews / Votes
"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." - Reference & Research Book News "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." - Midwest Book Review - California BookwatchMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
496 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-275-99152-4 (9780275991524)
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Person
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).
Content
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
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