In his 2008 book, The Civilian Conservation Corps and the Roots of the American Environmental Movement, Neil M Maher looks at the ideas President Roosevelt had in creating the CCC. As most of the writing seems to focus mainly on the first camp, Camp Roosevelt, he does manage to emphasis the impact the CCC had on other camps across the nation. Reminding the reader that more than 3 million men joined the CCC between 1933 and 1942, and the work that this peacetime force contributed to the changing landscape of the nation. Maher also looks at the political aspect of the CCC and how it was perhaps one of the most decisive environmental decisions from the standpoint of governmental policy. Maher discusses various types of conservation work such