The Pentagon Wars : Reformers Challenge the Old Guard.

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Burton, James G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Naval Institute Press, 2014.
Temas:
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Armed Forces > Reorganization
United States > Armed Forces > Reorganization.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a 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. 
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