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Betraying Our Troops

The Destructive Results of Privatizing War

By: Dina Rasor,Robert Bauman

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Betraying Our Troops

The Destructive Results of Privatizing War

By: Dina Rasor,Robert Bauman

In this shocking exposé, two government fraud experts reveal how private contractors have put the lives of countless American soldiers on the line while damaging our strategic interests and our image abroad. From the shameful war profiteering of companies like Halliburton/KBR to the sinister influence that corporate lobbyists have on American foreign policy, Dina Rasor and Robert H. Bauman paint a disturbing picture. Here they give the inside story on troops forced to subsist on little food and contaminated water, on officers afraid to lodge complaints because of Halliburton's political clout, on millions of dollars in contractors' bogus claims that are funded by American taxpayers. Drawing on exclusive sources within government and the military, the authors show how money and power have conspired to undermine our fighting forces and threaten the security of our country.

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292

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St. Martin's Press

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ISBN 10

023061082X

ISBN 13

9780230610828

Shattered Minds

How the Pentagon Fails Our Troops with Faulty Helmets

By: Robert H. Bauman,Dina Rasor

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How the Pentagon Fails Our Troops with Faulty Helmets

By: Robert H. Bauman,Dina Rasor

Shattered Minds is the first book to investigate how American military bureaucracies have let our troops down by failing to upgrade one of the most important pieces of personal safety equipment: the combat helmet. Two longtime employees of North Dakota defense contractor Sioux Manufacturing discovered that the required density of the Kevlar material woven into the netting of combat helmets was being shorted. After bringing their discovery to the attention of management, their boss, rather than cleaning up the illegal practice, accused them of having an adulterous affair. Both employees were fired, leading to a lawsuit and a court judgment in their favor that eventually brought the company's bad-faith practices to light. Around the same time, a separate whistleblower, a retired Navy doctor, was pulled into a bizarre struggle with Army and Marine bureaucracies when he discovered from his Marine grandson that the protective webbing inside the military helmets was inadequate. Why was the military so resistant to upgrading the most essential piece of gear to protect soldiers from traumatic brain injury? Interweaving these two whistleblower stories, Robert H. Bauman and Dina Rasor explain why the military, despite news coverage and congressional hearings on the faulty helmet, continued to do the indefensible. They also suggest how the public, the press, and military institutions can remedy the problem to give U.S. troops effective helmets when serving to protect their country.

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U of Nebraska Press

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164012165X

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9781640121652

Shattered Minds

How the Pentagon Fails Our Troops with Faulty Helmets

By: Robert H. Bauman,Dina Rasor

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How the Pentagon Fails Our Troops with Faulty Helmets

By: Robert H. Bauman,Dina Rasor

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164012165X

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