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The wastrels of defense : how Congress sabotages US security / Winslow T. Wheeler

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  • The wastrels of defense : how Congress sabotages US security / Winslow T. Wheeler
  • Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, cop. 2004
  • 1 vol. (XVIII-278 p.) ; 24 cm
  • 1-59114-938-X
  • 336.3
  • Notes bibliogr. p. 249-267. Index
  • The nature of the problem What is the problem? Ego is at the heart of the trouble Pork : it's worse than you've been told War is not hell : it's an opportunity Mr. Smith is dead Confessions of a pork processor Pork lows and highs How the system operates, or doesn't Oversight : the triumph of appearances over reality Watchdogs, lapdogs, and distorted lenses Beyond nonfeasance : the utility of distortion The engine of congressional good and evil : the staff Hill life and death The right and wrong way to go to war Politicians at their best Congress on its knees The week of shame Conclusion.
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