The Greening of the U.S. Military: Environmental Policy, National Security, and Organizational Change

by Robert F. Durant and Robert F. Durant

Book Overview

Durant explores the epic and ongoing struggle in the post-Cold War period to build a corporate sense of responsibility within the U.S. military for ensuring that its day-to-day operations promote national security without compromising public health, safety, and the environment. As the Cold War drew to a close in the George H.W. Bush administration, U.S. military bases harbored nearly 20,000 toxic waste sites, covering nearly 27 million acres of contaminated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589011538
• ISBN13: 9781589011533
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.6" x 9.0"