Ebook: Prophets of war: Lockheed Martin and the making of the military-industrial complex

The company has produced spy satellites; helped the Pentagon collect personal data on U.S. citizens; provided interrogators for employment at Gußntanamo 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 1970's to the provision of $600 toilet covers and $7,000 coffee makers to the Pentagon in the 1980's. --

William D. Hartung's enthralling exposT 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. Hartung 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. --Book Jacket.  Read more...