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Title: Trillions for Military Technology: How the Pentagon Innovates and Why It Costs So Much
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1403984263
ISBN 13: 9781403984265
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Trillions for Military Technology explains why the weapons purchased by the U.S. Department of Defense cost so much, why it takes decades to get them into production even as innovation in the civilian economy becomes ever more frenetic, and why some of those weapons don't work very well despite expenditures of many billions of dollars. It also explains what do about these problems. The author argues that the internal politics of the armed services make weapons acquisition almost unmanageable. Solutions require empowering civilian officials and reforms that will bring choice of weapons "into the sunshine" of public debate.

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John Alic writes and consults on policy issues related to technology and science, teaching most recently as an adjunct at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

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