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The Pentagon ; politics, profits and plunder

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If power corrupts -- Persistent problems -- Corrupters, pacifists and politicians -- The ordeal of General Billy Mitchell -- Pearl Harbor -- caught napping -- War contracts -- Mayor Curley and Commander Corrigan -- Senator Bilbo and Congressman May -- Howard Hughes -- White House connection -- Benny Meyers -- a corrupt general -- Reorganization and questionable economy -- The five-percenters -- Korea -- a jolting reality -- The chamber of horrors -- Eisenhower's "New look" -- The Army-McCarthy hearings -- Remember Harry (The Hat) Lev -- Harold Talbott -- a conflict of interest? -- Air power controversy -- Managing the missiles -- Muzzle for the GAO watchdog -- The Army and the "limited war" -- McNamara the man -- Military arrogance at Fort Lee -- Muzzling the military men? -- A pyramid of profits -- Aerospace -- a nonprofit Frankenstein -- The manned bomber fuss -- The controversial TFX -- Roz Gilpatric and Fred Korth -- Killing the nuclear carrier -- Base closings -- Mayor Ryan and the Pentagon -- Counting the confidential cash -- The army's combat readiness -- Widening credibility gap -- The problems of centralized power -- Appendix A: Expenditures, fiscal years 1925-1964 -- Appendix B: Military procurement by states for 1963, 1964, and 1965 -- Appendix C: Contracts negotiated and advertised for bids from 1951 through 1965 -- Appendix D: Defense personnel, military and civilian, by states for fiscal year 1965.

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