02584oam 22004934a 450 991081151530332120230816200126.01-64012-165-X1-64012-167-6(CKB)4100000007520147(MiAaPQ)EBC5632329(OCoLC)1082879579(MdBmJHUP)muse72245(EXLCZ)99410000000752014720180622d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierShattered minds how the Pentagon failed our troops with faulty helmets /Robert H. Bauman and Dina Rasor ; foreword by Perry JefferiesLincoln, NE :Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press,[2019]Baltimore, Md. :Project MUSE,2019©[2019]1 online resource (337 pages)1-64012-036-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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."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.HeadWounds and injuriesUnited StatesPreventionHelmetsUnited StatesHistory21st centuryUnited StatesArmed ForcesProcurementCorrupt practicesUnited StatesArmed ForcesEquipmentQuality controlHeadWounds and injuriesPrevention.HelmetsHistory623.4/41Bauman Robert(Robert H.),1941-1717407Rasor Dina1956-MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910811515303321Shattered minds4113640UNINA