Shattered minds : how the Pentagon failed our troops with faulty helmets /

"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

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bauman, Robert (Robert H.), 1941- (Autor), Rasor, Dina, 1956- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln, NE : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Temas:
United States. > Department of Defense > Procurement > Corrupt practices.
United States. > Department of Defense.
2000-2099
Helmets > United States > History > 21st century.
Head > Wounds and injuries > United States > Prevention.
Casques > États-Unis > Histoire > 21e siècle.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > United States.
Armed Forces > Equipment > Quality control.
Armed Forces > Procurement > Corrupt practices.
Head > Wounds and injuries > Prevention.
Helmets.
United States > Armed Forces > Equipment > Quality control.
United States > Armed Forces > Procurement > Corrupt practices.
United States.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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