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- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Type
- Novel
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Publication Date
- 2010-12-28
- Pages
- 296
- Intended Audience
- Young Adults, Adults
- ISBN
- 9781568584201
- Book Title
- Prophets of War : Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- History, Political Science
- Topic
- General, World
- Item Weight
- 18 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 304 Pages
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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 Defense 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 expos 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.
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Publisher
Basic Books
ISBN-10
1568584202
ISBN-13
9781568584201
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Book Title
Prophets of War : Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
General, World
Genre
History, Political Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
Lccn
2010-039571
Grade from
College Freshman
Age Range
18-Up
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
338.7/62910973
Lc Classification Number
Hd9711.U64l635 2011
Copyright Date
2011
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