Weapons Under Fire

First Published in 1997. In an effort to find the validity of middle ground, this book offers a comprehensive analysis that looks further than the House Committee on National Security's actions on the B-2 bomber, President Clinton's campaign promise to support the Seawolf submarine, and the Pentagon's use of a concurrent and risky management strategy for the $71.6 billion F-22 fighter aircraft program. It provides a dissection of the decision-making process for a representative sample of major weapons systems to invalidate the claims that pork and malfeasance are both pervasive and determinate.

List of contents

Tables and Figures, Preface, Acknowledgments, Introduction, CHAPTER 1: Explaining the Military Procurement Process, CHAPTER 2: Charting Military Policy: The View from the Presidency, CHAPTER 3: Strategic Planning in the Pentagon: Can It Happen?, CHAPTER 4: Prometheus Unbound: Technology and Weapons Development, CHAPTER 5: The Role of Congress in Weapons Acquisition Decisions: Process and Policy Considerations, CHAPTER 6: The Role of the Public, CHAPTER 7: Conclusion, APPENDIX A: Methodology, APPENDIX B: List of Questions and Coding Form, Acronyms and Glossary, Selected References, Index

About the author

Lauren Holland

Summary

Looks at this country's complicated weapons procurement process, delving into how decisions are made and the professed and real reasons behind them. Examines how unwanted weapons systems come into existence, why the government's watchdog agencies have little impact on preventing waste by the milita

Product details

• Authors: Lauren Holland, Holland Lauren
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.1997
• EAN: 9780815320685
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-2068-5
• No. of pages: 300
• Weight: 408 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / Military / Weapons, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy, Political structure & processes, United States of America, USA, Central / national / federal government policies, Weapons & equipment, Political structure and processes, Central government policies, Weapons and equipment