Pentagon Paradox: The Development of the F-18 Hornet

Home > Diane Publishing Books >

Our Price: $30.00

Year: 1993
Pages: 445
Binding Hardcover
ISBN 1557507759

Product Code: 788156411

Description

James P. Stevenson (au). Provides a developmental history of the F-18 Hornet from drawing board to Desert Storm. It is the story of a multi-billion-dollar aircraft design war between those officers who insist that our interests will be protected best by sophisticated aircraft, even if we can afford fewer of them, & a group known as the “Fighter Mafia,” who claim that larger numbers have always won in warfare even if each one is less sophisticated. This highly readable study takes the reader into the Pentagon’s corridors of power, where test results are distorted, history rewritten, & requirements changed to match aircraft performance, & the public’s trust & treasure squandered.

Share your knowledge of this product with other customers... Be the first to write a review