Shattered minds : how the Pentagon failed our troops with faulty helmets /
Bauman, Robert 1941-
Shattered minds : how the Pentagon failed our troops with faulty helmets / How the Pentagon failed our troops with faulty helmets Robert H. Bauman and Dina Rasor ; foreword by Perry Jefferies. - Lincoln, NE : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Hard headed Marines -- Twisted logic -- Moment of truth -- Blowback -- Whistleblower¿s nightmare -- The tinkerer and his unique foam -- Mr. Helmet -- Shut out -- Cost more important than the troops -- Search for justice -- The New York lawyer -- Operation helmet becomes a force -- Feds move in -- Breakthrough for the troops -- Small victory, large defeat -- Army resistance -- Cut and paste -- Damage control -- Negotiation -- Settlement -- Just give me what I want -- Kafkaesque nightmare -- Fallout -- Delamination -- Won't work unless you wear it -- Intransigent -- Too little, too late -- Back to the future -- The bureaucratic wall -- Epilogue.
"The first book to examine this most basic item of military equipment, Shattered Minds features the stories of two sets of whistleblowers determined to expose the truth about the failures of the military helmet bureaucracy."--Provided by publisher.
9781640121676
United States. Department of Defense --Procurement--Corrupt practices.
Helmets--History--United States--21st century.
Head--Wounds and injuries--Prevention.--United States
Electronic Books.
UC503 / .S538 2019
Shattered minds : how the Pentagon failed our troops with faulty helmets / How the Pentagon failed our troops with faulty helmets Robert H. Bauman and Dina Rasor ; foreword by Perry Jefferies. - Lincoln, NE : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, (c)2019. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Hard headed Marines -- Twisted logic -- Moment of truth -- Blowback -- Whistleblower¿s nightmare -- The tinkerer and his unique foam -- Mr. Helmet -- Shut out -- Cost more important than the troops -- Search for justice -- The New York lawyer -- Operation helmet becomes a force -- Feds move in -- Breakthrough for the troops -- Small victory, large defeat -- Army resistance -- Cut and paste -- Damage control -- Negotiation -- Settlement -- Just give me what I want -- Kafkaesque nightmare -- Fallout -- Delamination -- Won't work unless you wear it -- Intransigent -- Too little, too late -- Back to the future -- The bureaucratic wall -- Epilogue.
"The first book to examine this most basic item of military equipment, Shattered Minds features the stories of two sets of whistleblowers determined to expose the truth about the failures of the military helmet bureaucracy."--Provided by publisher.
9781640121676
United States. Department of Defense --Procurement--Corrupt practices.
Helmets--History--United States--21st century.
Head--Wounds and injuries--Prevention.--United States
Electronic Books.
UC503 / .S538 2019