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The Pentagon Wars : Reformers Challenge the Old Guard

Author
Burton, James G.
Published
New York : Naval Institute Press, 2014.
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1 online resource (337 pages)
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Contents
Prologue; 1. The Fighter Mafia; 2. To Be or to Do; 3. Storms Clouds of Reform; 4. Meet Me at the Flags; 5. The Wheel of Conspiracy; 6. The Dickey Bird Shuffle; 7. Hollow Victory; 8. Crossing the Rubicon; 9. Off to Alaska?; 10. More Dirty Games; 11. Going Public; 12. The Great Memo War; Case Study: The Navy Runs Aground; Epilogue; Appendix A: John Boyd's Source List; Appendix B: Recommendations for Reform; Notes; Index.
Summary
From the late 1960s through the mid-1980s, a small band of military activists waged war against corruption in the Pentagon, challenging a system they believed squandered the public's money and trust. The book examines the movement and its proponents and describes how the system responded to the criticisms and efforts to change accepted practices and entrenched ways of thinking. The author, an air force colonel and part of the movement, worked in the pentagon for fourteen years. He presents a view of the Department of Defense that only an insider could offer. He exposes serious.
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9781612513690 (electronic bk.)
1612513697 (electronic bk.)
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