Description: Further DetailsTitle: Prophets of WarCondition: NewSubtitle: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial ComplexISBN-10: 1568586973EAN: 9781568586977ISBN: 9781568586977Publisher: Nation BooksFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 03/06/2012Description: When President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his famous warning about the dangers of the military-industrial complex, he never would have dreamed that a single company could accumulate the kind of power and influence that is now wielded by Lockheed Martin. As a full-service weapons maker, Lockheed Martin receives over 29 billion a year in Pentagon contracts, or roughly one out of every ten dollars the Department of defence doles out to private contractors. Prophets of War recounts the fascinating and often-frightening history of America's largest military contractor as well as its role in the formation of foreign policy. The company has produced spy satellites helped the Pentagon collect personal data on U.S. citizens provided interrogators for employment at Guantanamo Bay manufactured our highest-tech aircraft and more. It has also been embroiled in numerous scandals , from bribing officials in the Netherlands, Italy, and Japan in exchange for the purchase of Lockheed airplanes in the 1970s, to the provision of 600 toilet covers and 7,000 coffee makers to the Pentagon in the 1980s. William D. Hartung's enthralling exposé chronicles the growth of Lockheed Martin into one of the most influential corporations in the world, and examines the pivotal role the company has had in America's metastasizing military industrial complex. It asks: How has one company become the recipient of such a large portion of America's tax dollars through contracts with the Pentagon, NASA, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Energy, the NSA, and even the U.S. Census and the IRS? Hartung's meticulous, hard-hitting history follows Lockheed Martin's meteoric growth and unravels how this arms industry giant has helped shape U.S. foreign policy for decades.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 210mmItem Length: 140mmAuthor: William D. HartungGenre: HistoryTopic: Military History, Law & Politics, Technology & EngineeringRelease Year: 2012 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: Prophets of War
Title: Prophets of War
Subtitle: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex
ISBN-10: 1568586973
EAN: 9781568586977
ISBN: 9781568586977
Release Date: 03/06/2012
Release Year: 2012
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Prophets of War : Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Public Affairs
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.9 in
Topic: Public Policy / Military Policy, Business Ethics, Aviation / General, Military / Weapons, Military / General, Aviation / Commercial, Security (National & International), Corporate & Business History
Genre: Transportation, Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Item Weight: 11.5 Oz
Item Length: 8.1 in
Author: William D. Hartung
Item Width: 5.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
