DAVID S. SORENSON is Professor of National Security Studies at the Air War College, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama. His publications include The Politics of Strategic Aircraft Modernization (1995) and numerous articles and chapters in professional journals and edited books. He has served as chair of the International Security and Arms Control Section of the American Political Science Association and of the International Security Studies Section of the International Studies Association.

• Introduction Explaining Base Closure Bases and Politics 1991 1993 1995 Conclusions Select Bibliography Index