| Description |
1 online resource |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Hard headed Marines -- Twisted logic -- Moment of truth -- Blowback -- Whistleblower¿s nightmare -- The tinkerer and his unique foam -- Mr. Helmet -- Shut out -- Cost more important than the troops -- Search for justice -- The New York lawyer -- Operation helmet becomes a force -- Feds move in -- Breakthrough for the troops -- Small victory, large defeat -- Army resistance -- Cut & paste -- Damage control -- Negotiation -- Settlement -- Just give me what I want -- Kafkaesque nightmare -- Fallout -- Delamination -- Won't work unless you wear it -- Intransigent -- Too little, too late -- Back to the future -- The bureaucratic wall -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
"The first book to examine this most basic item of military equipment, Shattered Minds features the stories of two sets of whistleblowers determined to expose the truth about the failures of the military helmet bureaucracy."--Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
United States. Department of Defense -- Procurement -- Corrupt practices.
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United States. Department of Defense. |
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Corruption. |
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Helmets -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Helmets. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
| Subject |
United States -- Armed Forces -- Equipment -- Quality control.
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Armed Forces. |
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Quality control. |
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Head -- Wounds and injuries -- United States -- Prevention.
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Head -- Wounds and injuries. |
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United States -- Armed Forces -- Procurement -- Corrupt practices.
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| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Rasor, Dina, 1956- author.
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| Added Title |
How the Pentagon failed our troops with faulty helmets |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Bauman, Robert (Robert H.), 1941- Shattered minds. Lincoln, NE : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019] 9781640120365 (DLC) 2018028080 (OCoLC)1051779978 |
| ISBN |
9781640121676 (electronic book) |
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1640121676 (electronic book) |
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9781640120365 |
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164012036X |
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