The Nose of the Camel
Blackmail, murder and a love affair complicate decision-making in the US Air Force effort to replace the C-130 aircraft with a new aircraft. A task force is formed to develope a contract proposal for its acquisition. Conflicts quickly occur between two armed services and the Defense hierarchy, the potential bidders for the program and the Congressional oversight committees. The anti-hero is a Washington Post investigative reporter with insider access to the decision making process.
First and foremost, this is a novel about the Pentagon and the people who inhabit it. It necessarily also includes their interactions with the Congress, the media and private industry. The characters are fictional but representative of those who have created the military-industrial complex and perpetuate it in an honest attempt to secure the defense of our nation.
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The Nose of the Camel
Blackmail, murder and a love affair complicate decision-making in the US Air Force effort to replace the C-130 aircraft with a new aircraft. A task force is formed to develope a contract proposal for its acquisition. Conflicts quickly occur between two armed services and the Defense hierarchy, the potential bidders for the program and the Congressional oversight committees. The anti-hero is a Washington Post investigative reporter with insider access to the decision making process.
First and foremost, this is a novel about the Pentagon and the people who inhabit it. It necessarily also includes their interactions with the Congress, the media and private industry. The characters are fictional but representative of those who have created the military-industrial complex and perpetuate it in an honest attempt to secure the defense of our nation.
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The Nose of the Camel

The Nose of the Camel

by Hughes
The Nose of the Camel

The Nose of the Camel

by Hughes

Overview

Blackmail, murder and a love affair complicate decision-making in the US Air Force effort to replace the C-130 aircraft with a new aircraft. A task force is formed to develope a contract proposal for its acquisition. Conflicts quickly occur between two armed services and the Defense hierarchy, the potential bidders for the program and the Congressional oversight committees. The anti-hero is a Washington Post investigative reporter with insider access to the decision making process.
First and foremost, this is a novel about the Pentagon and the people who inhabit it. It necessarily also includes their interactions with the Congress, the media and private industry. The characters are fictional but representative of those who have created the military-industrial complex and perpetuate it in an honest attempt to secure the defense of our nation.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781478245520
Publisher: CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date: 08/06/2012
Pages: 436
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.89(d)

About the Author

The author spent twenty-six years in the U.S. Air Force retiring as a colonel. He flew more than 3300 hours in the C-130. At Tactical Air Command HQ and in the 834th Air Division in Vietnam, he was a Flight Safety Officer. Vince spent 6 years in Airlift Requirements at the Pentagon. His final assignment was as Dir. of Requirements at MAC HQ. He has B.A., M.A., and J.D. degrees from Cornel, MTSU and Columbia University, respectively. Vince Hughes lives in a golf community in Texas with his wife Anita.
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