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The Greening of the U.S. Military: Environmental Policy, National Security, and Organizational Change (Public Management and Change series)
Robert F. Durant
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Description for The Greening of the U.S. Military: Environmental Policy, National Security, and Organizational Change (Public Management and Change series)
paperback. By the Cold War's end, US military bases harbored nearly 20,000 toxic waste sites. Cleaning the approximately 27 million acres is projected to cost hundreds of billions of dollars. This work delves into this world of defense environmental policy to reveal the struggle to build an environmentally sensitive culture within the post-Cold War military. Series: Public Management and Change Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; JW; RNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
By the Cold War's end, U.S. military bases harbored nearly 20,000 toxic waste sites. All told, cleaning the approximately 27 million acres is projected to cost hundreds of billions of dollars. And yet while progress has been made, efforts to integrate environmental and national security concerns into the military's operations have proven a daunting and intrigue-filled task that has fallen short of professed goals in the post-Cold War era. In "The Greening of the U.S. Military", Robert F. Durant delves into this too-little understood world of defense environmental policy to uncover the epic and ongoing struggle to build an environmentally ... Read more
By the Cold War's end, U.S. military bases harbored nearly 20,000 toxic waste sites. All told, cleaning the approximately 27 million acres is projected to cost hundreds of billions of dollars. And yet while progress has been made, efforts to integrate environmental and national security concerns into the military's operations have proven a daunting and intrigue-filled task that has fallen short of professed goals in the post-Cold War era. In "The Greening of the U.S. Military", Robert F. Durant delves into this too-little understood world of defense environmental policy to uncover the epic and ongoing struggle to build an environmentally ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Public Management and Change Series
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781589011533
SKU
V9781589011533
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About Robert F. Durant
Robert F. Durant is professor of public administration and policy at American University. He has received numerous research awards, including the 2000 Best Book Award from the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management; the Gladys M. Kammerer Award for the best book on U.S. national policy from the American Political Science Association; and the Charles H. Levine ... Read more
Reviews for The Greening of the U.S. Military: Environmental Policy, National Security, and Organizational Change (Public Management and Change series)
A wonderful book. Durant's opus is a must read for scholars, policy practitioners, and students of government and organizational behavior. Review of Policy Research [The] insight, organization, and analytic rigor of Durant's book could not be clearer or more compelling. This is an important and well crafted piece of high-quality scholarship. Anyone with an interest in environmental policy and or ... Read more