Americas Defense Meltdown - IT Acquisition Advisory Council

The talent, judgment, and insight collected in this book are phenomenal. Over thelast generation, the authors have been more right, more often, about more issuesof crucial importance to American security than any other group I can think of. It isa tremendous benefit to have their views collected in one place and concentratedon the next big choices facing a new Administration. This really is a book that everyserious-minded citizen should read.James Fallows, National Correspondent, The Atlantic MonthlyMr. President, you know the national economy is in a shambles. But you probably don’tknow the national defense is, too, according to a must read book, “America’s DefenseMeltdown” just published by the Center for Defense Information.George C. Wilson, former chief military correspondent, The Washington PostThe next big American implosion, comparable to the meltdown of our financial system,is likely to occur in the Pentagon and the military-industrial complex. For decadeswe have been going deeply into debt buying weapons that we don’t need and don’twork. Winslow Wheeler and his uniformed and civilian defense experts are the bestinformed analysts of military preparedness and procurement we have. They paint apicture of totally broken and dysfunctional military institutions that are simply waitingfor the slightest push to send them over the edge. This book should be indispensablereading for the next president and his defense advisers.Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback (2000), The Sorrows of Empire (2004),and Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic (2006)These authors have been forcing defense analysts to rethink their positions for years.While you may not agree with all they say, I can guarantee they will force you toreconsider how America will insure its future.”Col. Thomas X. Hammes (U.S. Marine Corps, ret.),author of The Sling and The StoneCDICENTER FOR DEFENSE INFORMATIONwww.cdi.orgCover design by Freerayn GraphicsCover art by Curtiss Calleo