The nature of the problem
What is the problem?
Ego is the heart of the trouble
Pork : it's worse than you've been told
War is not hell : it's an opportunity
Mr. Smith is dead
Confessions of a pork processor
Pork lows and highs
How the system operates, or doesn't
Oversight : the triumph of appearances over reality
Watchdogs, lapdogs, and distorted lenses
Beyond nonfeasance : the utility of distortion
The engine of congressional good and evil : the staff
Hill life and death
The right and wrong way to go to war
Politicians at their best
Congress on its knees
The week of shame
Conclusion.
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The wastrels of defense : how Congress sabotages U.S. security by Winslow T. Wheeler. ISBN 159114938X. Published by Naval Institute Press in 2004. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.
