Shattered minds how the Pentagon fails our troops with faulty helmets / Robert H. Bauman and Dina Rasor ; foreword by Perry Jefferies.
| Author/creator | Bauman, Robert, 1941- |
| Other author | Rasor, Dina, 1956- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | [Lincoln, NE] : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, [2019] |
| Description | xxv, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | How the Pentagon fails our troops with faulty helmets |
| Contents | Hard headed Marines -- Twisted logic -- Moment of truth -- Blowback -- Whistleblower's nightmare -- The tinkerer and his unique foam -- Mr. Helmet -- Shut out -- Cost more important than the troops -- Search for justice -- The New York lawyer -- Operation helmet becomes a force -- Feds move in -- Breakthrough for the troops -- Small victory, large defeat -- Army resistance -- Cut and paste -- Damage control -- Negotiation -- Settlement -- Just give me what I want -- Kafkaesque nightmare -- Fallout -- Delamination -- Won't work unless you wear it -- Intransigent -- Too little, too late -- Back to the future -- The bureaucratic wall -- Epilogue. |
| Abstract | "The first book to examine this most basic item of military equipment, Shattered Minds features the stories of two sets of whistleblowers determined to expose the truth about the failures of the military helmet bureaucracy."--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2018028080 |
| ISBN | 9781640120365 (cloth : alk. paper) |
Availability
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |