| Description |
1 online resource (337 pages) |
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text file |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States -- Armed Forces -- Reorganization.
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United States. |
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Armed Forces. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Burton, James G. Pentagon Wars : Reformers Challenge the Old Guard. New York : Naval Institute Press, ©2014 9781557500816 |
| ISBN |
9781612513690 (electronic book) |
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1612513697 (electronic book) |
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