The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old GuardFrom 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. This book examines that movement and its proponents and describes how the system responded to their criticisms. |
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... memo , and left without discussing it . Attached to the memo was a six - page listing of eighteen spe- cific BRL actions to which I had referred . I then gave a copy of the memo to an Army colonel who worked in my office and asked him ...
... memo , and left without discussing it . Attached to the memo was a six - page listing of eighteen spe- cific BRL actions to which I had referred . I then gave a copy of the memo to an Army colonel who worked in my office and asked him ...
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... memo for the record , in my usual blunt style , attacking the Army . Dr. Navarro would sign the memo , as if he had written it himself . He hoped that it would leak around the Pentagon , as so many of mine did . I wrote the contentious ...
... memo for the record , in my usual blunt style , attacking the Army . Dr. Navarro would sign the memo , as if he had written it himself . He hoped that it would leak around the Pentagon , as so many of mine did . I wrote the contentious ...
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... Memo War ” was just about over . As my retirement date of 30 June approached , Boyd started working on me to write one last memo . After I had exposed the Army's mathematical blunder about the aiming ellipse , Walt Hollis's military ...
... Memo War ” was just about over . As my retirement date of 30 June approached , Boyd started working on me to write one last memo . After I had exposed the Army's mathematical blunder about the aiming ellipse , Walt Hollis's military ...
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
Meet Me at the Flags | 63 |
The Wheel of Conspiracy | 83 |
Copyright | |
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