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Building air bases in the Negev : the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Israel, 1979-1982 / by Frank N. Schubert.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Schubert, Frank N., author.
- Series:
- CMH pub ; 70-45.
- CMH pub ; 70-45
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers--History--20th century.
- United States.
- United States. Army. Corps of Engineers.
- Besis Ḥel aṿir ʻOvdah (Israel)--History.
- Besis Ḥel aṿir ʻOvdah (Israel).
- Besis Ḥel aṿir Ramon (Israel)--History.
- Besis Ḥel aṿir Ramon (Israel).
- Air bases--Israel--Negev--Design and construction--History--20th century.
- Air bases.
- Negev (Israel)--History.
- Negev (Israel).
- Air bases--Design and construction.
- Israel--Besis Ḥel aṿir ʻOvdah.
- Israel--Besis Ḥel aṿir Ramon.
- Israel--Negev.
- Genre:
- Online resources.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 303 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : Office of History, Corps of Engineers and Center of Military History, United States Army, 1992.
- Summary:
- Building Air Bases in the Negev is a remarkable story of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' role supporting national diplomatic initiatives overseas while managing a major construction project in Israel. Frank N. Schubert has written a superbly organized account, tracing from the spring of 1979 to the summer of 1982 the development and completion of two ultramodern air bases at a cost that only exceeded original estimates by less than 3 percent. As Schubert suggests, the air base program helped bring peace between two long-term antagonists--Israel and Egypt. Schubert's work serves as an important case study for analyzing not only engineering project management and construction practices but also demanding sociopolitical, cultural, and business conditions in sovereign foreign lands.
- Contents:
- Prologue: Palestine, 1942-1944
- Prelude to a mission: war and diplomacy, 1973-1979
- Planning for the mission, Autumn 1978
- Necessary steps; diplomatic, political, and contractual preparations, February-December 1976
- Setting up shop, April-October 1979
- In pursuit of stability: organizational and contractual problems, September-December 1979
- Tripartite management the apportionment of power and influence, December 1979-March 1980
- Starting in the desert, April 1979-June 1980
- Time of trials, March-June 1980
- Management in transition, June-October 1980
- Construction management, June-December 1980
- The three-legged stool, June 1980-January 1981
- From construction camps to air bases, January-October 1981
- Activating the bases, deactivating the project, November 1981-August 1982
- Closeout
- Conclusion: a forgotten success.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-289) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
- Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (CMH, viewed July 17, 2017).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Schubert, Frank N. Building air bases in the Negev
- OCLC:
- 645826277
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
- No restrictions on access.
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