Excerpt from Acquisition and Use of Land for Military and War Production Purposes, World War II Wartime acquisition of land, by the Government, is necessarily different fromvnormal peacetime acquisition. During war it is more hurried and is done with.mere positive powers. There is little time to consider alternatives. Occupants must move quickly, and this is often a hardship? Other large-scale programs for acquiring land the program for the retirement of submarginal land.in the 1930's, the buying of land for reservoirs and power projects by the Tennessee Valley Authority, the flood-control programs, and the establishment of national forests or parks at times have meant similar problems for individuals and communities when the Government bought large areas of land. But during those acquisitions more time could be taken for negotiations with individuals and often, as in national forests, it was not necessary to buy all of the private ownership tracts within the purchase area. In the war projects it was necessary quickly to buy'all properties within a given area. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Land and the Soldier The war has released the imagination of men. It has cured inertia, shaken up bureau cracy, and forced men to think in new terms. We mobilized men in a few months' time. We clothed them, fed them, housed them. We gave them guns, equipment, huge engines of war. We built a great navy and merchant marine. We sent an army of men overseas. It had never been done. Military experts said it could not be done. We achieved the impossible. That is the thing to remember. It can never again be said that a thing cannot be done because it never has been done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This pioneering history of military land use covers: firing and manoeuvre ranges, training facilities, computerized simulation, barracks, accommodation, educational establishments, fortifications, airfields, dockyards, depots, bases, cemeteries, memorials, battlefield conservation, museums, and the impact of the military on the urban landscape. Examples are drawn from numerous countries. Stretching from the Ancient World to the present day, the book informs the contemporary debate about the extent of military land use.