A Conspiracy of Optimism: Management of the National Forests since World War Two

Table of contents

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• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Acknowledgments xi
• Introduction: An Overview of the Issues xv
• Conclusion xliii
• 1: Two Views of the Forest: - Some Philosophical Considerations 1
• Conclusion 25
• 2 - Historical Antecedents: The Development of Forest Policy Before World War Two 27
• Conclusion 42
• 3 - The End of the Forest Service's Custodial Era, 1945-1948 44
• Conclusion 80
• 4 - Forestry, Freedom, and Fiscal Conservatism, 1949-1952 82
• Conclusion 103
• 5 - Transition to the "Businessman's Administration," 1953 105
• Conclusion 129

• Title Page iii
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Acknowledgments xi
• Introduction: An Overview of the Issues xv
• Conclusion xliii
• 1: Two Views of the Forest: - Some Philosophical Considerations 1
• Conclusion 25
• 2 - Historical Antecedents: The Development of Forest Policy Before World War Two 27
• Conclusion 42
• 3 - The End of the Forest Service's Custodial Era, 1945-1948 44
• Conclusion 80
• 4 - Forestry, Freedom, and Fiscal Conservatism, 1949-1952 82
• Conclusion 103
• 5 - Transition to the "Businessman's Administration," 1953 105
• Conclusion 129
• 6 - Getting Out the Cut, 1953-1960 131
• Conclusion 149
• 7 - The Fight to Protect Nontimber Values, 1953-1960 151
• Conclusion 169
• 8 - Multiple Use and Sustained Yield: Debated and Defined, 1955-1960 171
• Conclusion 190
• 9 - "Operation Multiple Use" and the Continued Disjunction of Planning and Funding 193
• Conclusion 213
• 10 - Patterns of the Fifties Repeated in the Sixties 216
• Conclusion 241
• II - From Gridlocked Conflict to Compromised Policy Reform, 1969-1976 243
• Conclusion 265
• 12 - Retrenchment and Revolt, 1977-1992 266
• Conclusion 292
• 13 - Conclusion 293
• Appendix - Footpaths Through Forest History 299
• Notes 315
• References 379
• Index 401