The Defense Industry [Paperback]

Jacques S. Gansler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 24, 1982

"A searing analysis and critique of the way the U.S. military/industrial complex operates." - Army Times

Editorial Reviews

Review

"In 1974, after huge numbers of U.S. tanks were shipped to Israel to replace those destroyed in the Yom Kippur War, the U.S. Army found itself essentially without tanks for its own divisions. A crash program was launched to produce more tanks at an Army-owned, Chrysler-run factory kept in reserve for just such emergencies.

"'It didn't work,' recalled Jacques S. Gansler, then deputy assistant secretary of defense for materiél acquisition.

"'We couldn't buy the hull and turret castings for the tanks,' he said. 'The main supplier told us to get in line behind his commercial customers. U.S. Steel didn't want any government work. It was more than two years before tanks began to come off that line....'

"The United States is the only nation in the world that does not treat its defense industry as a critical national resource, Gansler wrote in a recent book, The Defense Industry. The industry has deteriorated as a result, particularly since the Vietnam War...." - Robert C. Toth, Los Angeles Times



"A searing analysis and critique of the way the U.S. military/industrial complex operates."
- Army Times

About the Author

Jacques S. Gansler is Senior Vice President and Director of The Analytic Sciences Corporation (TASC) and a faculty member of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Product Details

• Paperback: 357 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press; 1st MIT Press Edition edition (February 24, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262570599
• ISBN-13: 978-0262570596
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,545,737 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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