1st Edition

Weapons Under Fire

By Lauren Holland Copyright 1997
    300 Pages
    by Routledge

    298 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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

    Biography

    Lauren Holland