Base Nation

Base Nation
Author: David Vine
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 433
Release: 2015-08-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 1627791698

American military bases encircle the globe; from Italy to the Indian Ocean, from Japan to Honduras. The far-reaching story of the perils of the U. S. military bases and what these bases say about America today.

Shutting Down the Cold War

Shutting Down the Cold War
Author: David S. Sorenson
Publisher: MacMillan
Total Pages: 308
Release: 1998
Genre: Military base closures
ISBN: 9780333741528

Between 1989 and 1995, commissioners closed down almost 100 military bases. The process was hailed as a means to take politics out of base closure, and it succeeded insofar as surplus bases closed after a ten-year hiatus. But the author of this volume asserts that the politics of base protection continued.

Overseas Basing of U.S. Military Forces

Overseas Basing of U.S. Military Forces
Author: Michael J. Lostumbo
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0833079174

This independent assessment is a comprehensive study of the strategic benefits, risks, and costs of U.S. military presence overseas. The report provides policymakers a way to evaluate the range of strategic benefits and costs that follow from revising the U.S. overseas military presence by characterizing how this presence contributes to assurance, deterrence, responsiveness, and security cooperation goals.

Analysis of the FY 2022 Defense Budget

Analysis of the FY 2022 Defense Budget
Author: Todd Harrison
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2022-01-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1538140500

Analysis of the FY 2022 Defense Budget from the CSIS Defense Budget Analysis program provides an in-depth assessment of the Biden administration’s request for national defense funding in FY 2022. It outlines priorities for the ongoing and completed strategic reviews—including the National Defense Strategy, Nuclear Posture Review, Missile Defense Review, and Global Posture Review—and their potential budgetary effects. The report concludes by assessing current congressional action on defense appropriations for FY 2022 and identifying key issues for the FY 2023 budget request.