No more chemical arms -- A legacy of chemical weapons -- Death and birth of a program -- Public and congressional interests -- Developing a disposal program -- Risk management -- Legitimating incineration -- Implementing the disposal program -- Managing the disposal program -- The impact of public outreach -- Evaluating and terminating the disposal program -- Reflecting on public policy
Summary
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
