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.

Lauren Holland

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