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Autore |
Bauman Robert (Robert H.), <1941-> |
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Titolo |
Shattered minds : how the Pentagon failed our troops with faulty helmets / / Robert H. Bauman and Dina Rasor ; foreword by Perry Jefferies |
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Lincoln, NE : , : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, , [2019] |
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Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2019 |
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©[2019] |
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ISBN |
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1-64012-165-X |
1-64012-167-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (337 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Head - Wounds and injuries - United States - Prevention |
Helmets - United States - History - 21st century |
United States Armed Forces Procurement Corrupt practices |
United States Armed Forces Equipment Quality control |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Hard headed Marines -- Twisted logic -- Moment of truth -- Blowback -- Whistleblowers 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 & 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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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"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. |
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