Captives of the Cold War Economy: The Struggle for Defense Conversion in American Communities PDF
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Accordino/FM1/Final Pass 6/13/00 10:08 AM Page i Captives of the Cold War Economy Accordino/FM1/Final Pass 6/13/00 10:08 AM Page ii Accordino/FM1/Final Pass 6/13/00 10:08 AM Page iii C APTIVES OF the C W E OLD AR CONOMY The Struggle for Defense Conversion in American Communities JOHN J. ACCORDINO Accordino/FM1/Final Pass 6/13/00 10:08 AM Page iv Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Accordino, John J. Captives of the Cold War economy : the struggle for defense conversion in American communities / John J. Accordino. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-275-96561-9 (alk. paper) 1. Military base conversion—United States. 2. Economic conversion—United States. 3. Defense industries—United States. I. Title. HC110.D4 A58 2000 338.4′76233′0973—dc21 99-088486 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. Copyright ©2000 by John J. Accordino All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 99-088486 ISBN: 0-275-96561-9 First published in 2000 Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. www.praeger.com Printed in the United States of America The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48-1984). 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Accordino/FM1/Final Pass 6/13/00 10:08 AM Page v To my patient and loving family ANNE-MARIE,JOEY,and MARIO Accordino/FM1/Final Pass 6/13/00 10:08 AM Page vi Accordino/FM2/Final Pass 6/13/00 10:19 AM Page vii Contents Maps ix Preface xi Chapter1 The National Context: Defense Spending and Conversion Policy in the 1990s 1 Chapter2 The Community Context:Development Interests and Economic Dependency 25 Chapter3 The Military Metropolis: Boosters, Bases, and Shipbuilding in Hampton Roads 43 Chapter4 The New Face of Defense: Systems Engineers and Bureaucrats in Northern Virginia 73 Chapter5 Rural Areas and Small Cities: Dependency, Adjustment, and Conversion 101 Chapter6 The State Politics of Defense Restructuring: Adjustment and Resistance 131 Chapter7 Conversion Advocacy in Other States and Localities 147 Chapter8 Transforming the Politics of Defense Conversion 167 References 189 Index 199 Accordino/FM2/Final Pass 6/13/00 10:19 AM Page viii Accordino/FM2/Final Pass 6/13/00 10:19 AM Page ix Maps Map 1 Hampton Roads: Military Bases and Installations, 42 Map 2 Northern Virginia: Military Bases and Installations, 72 Map 3 Other Virginia Locations: Military Bases and Installations, 100 Accordino/FM2/Final Pass 6/13/00 10:19 AM Page x
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