{"product_id":"prophets-of-war-lockheed-martin-and-the-making-of-the-military-industrial-complex-paperback","title":"Prophets of War: Lockheed Martin and the Making of the Military-Industrial Complex - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam D. Hartung\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen 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. \u003cem\u003eProphets of War\u003c\/em\u003e recounts the fascinating and often-frightening history of America's largest military contractor as well as its role in the formation of foreign policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam D. Hartung's enthralling expose 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBill Hartung\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of the Arms and Security Initiative at the New America Foundation. He has worked for the Council on Economic Priorities and the World Policy Institute doing research and writing on the arms industry and the politics of defense spending. Hartung is the author of two books on the intersection between the arms industry and the shaping of U.S. foreign policy, \u003ci\u003eAnd Weapons for All\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHow Much Are You Making on the War, Daddy? -- A Quick and Dirty Guide to War Profiteering in the Bush Administration\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hartung has written for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, and has been interviewed by ABC News, CBS \u003ci\u003e60 Minutes\u003c\/i\u003e, CNN, Fox News, the \u003ci\u003eLehrer Newshour, NBC Nightly News\u003c\/i\u003e, and National Public Radio. His writing on Lockheed Martin has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e Outlook section, the \u003ci\u003eNation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eMultinational Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eBulletin of the Atomic Scientists\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York City.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 06, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53463431741747,"sku":"9781568586977","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/UdgjLxjFGs9781568586977.webp?v=1781613557","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/prophets-of-war-lockheed-martin-and-the-making-of-the-military-industrial-complex-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}