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The Pentagon; politics, profits and plunder, by Clark R. Mollenhoff.
Author
Mollenhoff, Clark R. (Clark Raymond), 1921-1991
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Language
English
Published/Created
New York, Putnam [1967]
Description
450 pages 22 cm
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UA23 .M59
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United States
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Defenses
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Armed Forces
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Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 421-438)
Contents
If power corrupts
Persistent problems
Corrupters, pacifists and politicians
The ordeal of General Billy Mitchell
Pearl Harbor
caught napping
War contracts
Mayor Curley and Commander Corrigan
Senator Bilbo and Congressman May
Howard Hughes
White House connection
Benny Meyers
a corrupt general
Reorganization and questionable economy
The five-percenters
Korea
a jolting reality
The chamber of horrors
Eisenhower's "New look"
The Army-McCarthy hearings
Remember Harry (The Hat) Lev
Harold Talbott
a conflict of interest?
Air power controversy
Managing the missiles
Muzzle for the GAO watchdog
The Army and the "limited war"
McNamara the man
Military arrogance at Fort Lee
Muzzling the military men?
A pyramid of profits
Aerospace
a nonprofit Frankenstein
The manned bomber fuss
The controversial TFX
Roz Gilpatric and Fred Korth
Killing the nuclear carrier
Base closings
Mayor Ryan and the Pentagon
Counting the confidential cash
The army's combat readiness
Widening credibility gap
The problems of centralized power
Appendix A: Expenditures, fiscal years 1925-1964
Appendix B: Military procurement by states for 1963, 1964, and 1965
Appendix C: Contracts negotiated and advertised for bids from 1951 through 1965
Appendix D: Defense personnel, military and civilian, by states for fiscal year 1965.
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LCCN
67010958
OCLC
1315374
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