ABSTRACT

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.

part |233 pages

Weapons Under Fire

chapter 2|33 pages

Charting Military Policy

The View from the Presidency

chapter 3|42 pages

Strategic Planning in the Pentagon

Can It Happen?

chapter 4|37 pages

Prometheus Unbound

Technology and Weapons Development

chapter 5|35 pages

The Role of Congress in Weapons Acquisition Decisions

Process and Policy Considerations

chapter 6|34 pages

The Role of the Public

chapter 7|19 pages

Conclusion