Democracy's Arsenal: Creating a Twenty-First-Century Defense Industry

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Democracy’s Arsenal Democracy’s Arsenal Creating a Twenty-First-Century Defense Industry Jacques S. Gansler The MIT Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England © 2011 Massachusetts Institute of Technology All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by any electronic or mechanical means (including photocopying, recording, or information storage and retrieval) without permission in writing from the publisher. For information about special quantity discounts, please email special_sales@mitpress.mit.edu. This book was set in Sabon by Toppan Best-set Premedia Limited. Printed and bound in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Gansler, Jacques S. Democracy’s arsenal : creating a twenty-first-century defense industry / Jacques S. Gansler. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-262-07299-1 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Defense industries—Technological innovations—United States. 2. Research, Industrial— United States. 3. Military-industrial complex—United States. I. Title. HD9743.U6G36 2011 338.4'735500973—dc22 2010036043 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 To Leah, for her love and support And to Gillian, Douglas, Christine, and their children: may they live in a secure and peaceful future world. ...