Silent Knights: Blowing the Whistle on Military Accidents and Their Cover-Ups - Hardcover

Diehl, Alan E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1574884123 ISBN 13: 9781574884128

Publisher: Brassey's Inc, 2002

Synopsis

Since the end of the Vietnam War, more than 15,000 members of the U.S. armed forces have died in mishaps. The vast majority of these deaths were preventable.
The sad fact is that safety is rarely a top priority for military leaders. When accidents occur, the investigations are often bungled, finding a scapegoat is all too common, and cover-ups abound because the final Safety Investigation Board reports are classified. This dysfunctional process almost guarantees that the mishap victims themselves are found to be at fault. Overlooked, and therefore uncorrected, problems soon lead to additional tragedies.
From an expert who observed the system from the inside, Silent Knights reveals some of the military's most unsettling secrets. Dr. Alan E. Diehl explains the complex causes of military accidents in layman's terms and helps readers understand the dangers of undervaluing safety, health, ergonomics, and training in the military.

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About the Author

Often quoted by the national media and safety advocates, Alan E. Diehl, Ph.D., is an award-winning aviation safety expert with more than twenty-five years experience in aircraft design, aviation psychology, aircrew training, and accident investigation. He has worked for the National Transportation Safety Board, the Federal Aviation Administration, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force, where he was the senior safety scientist. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Reviews

The investigation procedures for military accidents are corrupt, charges Alan E. Diehl, a former aviation safety expert for the U.S. Air Force. His muckraking look at friendly-fire fatalities of the last two decades, Silent Knights: Blowing the Whistle on Military Accidents and Their Cover-Ups, alleges that the military's code of secrecy regarding accidents, as well as its reluctance to spend money on certain safety measures, leads to lost lives and costs taxpayers enormous sums. Diehl x-rays high-profile calamities like the Ehime Maru/Greeneville collision last year and the plane crash that killed Ron Brown, showing how these and other misfortunes might have been avoided.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brassey's Inc
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1574884123
• ISBN 13: 9781574884128
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 348