Betraying Our Troops
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Author | : Dina Rasor |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2007-05-01 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 023061082X |
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In this shocking exposé, two government fraud experts reveal how private contractors have put the lives of countless American soldiers on the line while damaging our strategic interests and our image abroad. From the shameful war profiteering of companies like Halliburton/KBR to the sinister influence that corporate lobbyists have on American foreign policy, Dina Rasor and Robert H. Bauman paint a disturbing picture. Here they give the inside story on troops forced to subsist on little food and contaminated water, on officers afraid to lodge complaints because of Halliburton's political clout, on millions of dollars in contractors' bogus claims that are funded by American taxpayers. Drawing on exclusive sources within government and the military, the authors show how money and power have conspired to undermine our fighting forces and threaten the security of our country.
Author | : King Dennis (author) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1901 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781005942250 |
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Author | : Robert H. Bauman |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 437 |
Release | : 2019-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 164012165X |
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Shattered Minds is the first book to investigate how American military bureaucracies have let our troops down by failing to upgrade one of the most important pieces of personal safety equipment: the combat helmet. Two longtime employees of North Dakota defense contractor Sioux Manufacturing discovered that the required density of the Kevlar material woven into the netting of combat helmets was being shorted. After bringing their discovery to the attention of management, their boss, rather than cleaning up the illegal practice, accused them of having an adulterous affair. Both employees were fired, leading to a lawsuit and a court judgment in their favor that eventually brought the company's bad-faith practices to light. Around the same time, a separate whistleblower, a retired Navy doctor, was pulled into a bizarre struggle with Army and Marine bureaucracies when he discovered from his Marine grandson that the protective webbing inside the military helmets was inadequate. Why was the military so resistant to upgrading the most essential piece of gear to protect soldiers from traumatic brain injury? Interweaving these two whistleblower stories, Robert H. Bauman and Dina Rasor explain why the military, despite news coverage and congressional hearings on the faulty helmet, continued to do the indefensible. They also suggest how the public, the press, and military institutions can remedy the problem to give U.S. troops effective helmets when serving to protect their country.
Author | : Morris J. MacGregor |
Publisher | : Government Printing Office |
Total Pages | : 672 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780160019258 |
Download Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
CMH Pub 50-1-1. Defense Studies Series. Discusses the evolution of the services' racial policies and practices between World War II and 1965 during the period when black servicemen and women were integrated into the Nation's military units.
Author | : M. Morgan |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 2009-08-31 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0230100066 |
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The Impact of 9/11 on Business and Economics is the second volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matthew J. Morgan. The series brings together from a broad spectrum of disciplines the leading thinkers of our time to reflect on one of the most significant events of our time.
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Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 286 |
Release | : 2009-12 |
Genre | : Military art and science |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Robert H. Bauman |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2019-03-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 164012036X |
Download Shattered Minds Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Shattered Minds is the first book to investigate how American military bureaucracies have let our troops down by failing to upgrade one of the most important pieces of personal safety equipment: the combat helmet. Two longtime employees of North Dakota defense contractor Sioux Manufacturing discovered that the required density of the Kevlar material woven into the netting of combat helmets was being shorted. After bringing their discovery to the attention of management, their boss, rather than cleaning up the illegal practice, accused them of having an adulterous affair. Both employees were fired, leading to a lawsuit and a court judgment in their favor that eventually brought the company’s bad-faith practices to light. Around the same time, a separate whistleblower, a retired Navy doctor, was pulled into a bizarre struggle with Army and Marine bureaucracies when he discovered from his Marine grandson that the protective webbing inside the military helmets was inadequate. Why was the military so resistant to upgrading the most essential piece of gear to protect soldiers from traumatic brain injury? Interweaving these two whistleblower stories, Robert H. Bauman and Dina Rasor explain why the military, despite news coverage and congressional hearings on the faulty helmet, continued to do the indefensible. They also suggest how the public, the press, and military institutions can remedy the problem to give U.S. troops effective helmets when serving to protect their country.
Author | : Frank Moore |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 844 |
Release | : 1866 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Myriam Dunn Cavelty |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 499 |
Release | : 2009-12-16 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 113523907X |
Download The Routledge Handbook of Security Studies Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Pt. 1. Theoretical approaches to security and different 'securities' -- pt. 2. Contemporary security challenges -- pt. 3. Regional security challenges -- pt. 4. Confronting security challenges.
Author | : Ori Swed |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 281 |
Release | : 2018-10-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 3319982222 |
Download The Sociology of Privatized Security Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The first book dedicated to the sociology of privatized security, this collection studies the important global trend of shifting security from public to private hands and the associated rise of Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) and their contractors. The volume first explores the trend itself, making important historical and theoretical revisions to the existing social science of private security. These chapters discuss why rulers buy, rent and create private militaries, why mercenaries have become private patriots, and why the legitimacy of military missions is undermined by the use of contractors. The next section challenges the idea that states have a monopoly on legitimate violence and questions our legal and economic assumptions about private security. The collection concludes with a discussion of the contractors themselves, focusing on gender, race, ethnicity, and other demographic factors. Featuring a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods and a range of theoretical and methodological innovations, this book will inspire sociologists to examine, with fresh eyes, the behind-the-scenes tension between the high drama of war and conflict and the mundane realities of privatized security contractors and their everyday lives.