TY - BOOK ID - 142266192 TI - The Pentagon wars : reformers challenge the old guard PY - 1993 SN - 1612513697 1612516009 PB - Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, DB - UniCat KW - United States KW - Armed Forces KW - Reorganization. KW - Military policy. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:142266192 AB - From the late 1960s through the mid-1980s, a small band of military activists waged war against corruption in the Pentagon, challenging a system they believed squandered the public's money and trust. The book examines the movement and its proponents and describes how the system responded to the criticisms and efforts to change accepted practices and entrenched ways of thinking.The author, an air force colonel and part of the movement, worked in the pentagon for fourteen years. He presents a view of the Department of Defense that only an insider could offer. He exposes serious ER -