1.

Record Nr.

UNICASTO00122429

Titolo

Rencontres de religions : actes du Colloque du College des Irlandais tenu sous les auspices de l'Academie Royale Irlandaise (Juin 1981) / ed. par Proinsias MacCana et Michel Meslin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Paris, : Les Belles Lettres, 1986

ISBN

2251691162

Descrizione fisica

138 p. ; 24 cm

Disciplina

291.0722

Soggetti

Religioni - Storiografia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Francese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910777417203321

Autore

Mauroni Albert J. <1962->

Titolo

Chemical demilitarization : public policy aspects / / Al Mauroni

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2003

New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2024

ISBN

979-84-00-62488-9

1-282-40819-4

9786612408199

0-313-05168-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 237 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, map

Disciplina

363.72/87

Soggetti

Chemical weapons disposal - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.



Nota di contenuto

Contents; Tables and Figures; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. No More Chemical Arms; 2. A Legacy of Chemical Weapons; 3. Death and Birth of a Program; 4. Public and Congressional Interests; 5. Developing a Disposal Program; 6. Risk Management; 7. Legitimating Incineration; 8. Implementing the Disposal Program; 9. Managing the Disposal Program; 10. The Impact of Public Outreach; 11. Evaluating and Terminating the Disposal Program; 12. Reflecting on Public Policy; Appendix A: Life Cycle Costs of the Program; Appendix B: Congressional Views on Demilitarization; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

For more than 15 years, the Army's chemical demilitarization program has been criticized and castigated as a potentially dangerous effort, poorly executed without concern for the public. By reviewing the chemical demilitarization program as a public policy area, Mauroni offers a different perspective on how the Army worked with Congress and the public to offer the safest program possible. The Army was forced to delay its own schedule and increase the breadth and depth of the program to address political demands and idealistic environmental concerns. Mauroni contends that Army and Department of