The Resource The cost of loyalty : dishonesty, hubris, and failure in the U.S. military, Tim Bakken
The cost of loyalty : dishonesty, hubris, and failure in the U.S. military, Tim Bakken
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- Summary
- Veneration for the military is a deeply embedded but fatal flaw in America's collective identity. In twenty years at West Point, whistleblower Tim Bakken has come to understand how unquestioned faith isolates the U.S. armed forces from civil society and leads to catastrophe. Pervaded by chronic deceit, the military's insular culture elevates blind loyalty above all other values. Bakken makes the case that the culture has has observed at West Point influences whether America starts wars and how it prosecutes them
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 386 pages
- Contents
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- Preface: the collapse
- Introduction: breaking the myth
- The origins of the separate world
- Unfounded hubris
- Conformity and cronyism
- one and the same
- Supreme values
- how loyalty creates dishonesty
- A culture of silence
- censorship and retaliation
- Criminality, abuse, and corruption
- Violence, torture, and war crimes
- The consequences of separation
- Isbn
- 9781632868985
- Label
- The cost of loyalty : dishonesty, hubris, and failure in the U.S. military
- Title
- The cost of loyalty
- Title remainder
- dishonesty, hubris, and failure in the U.S. military
- Statement of responsibility
- Tim Bakken
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Veneration for the military is a deeply embedded but fatal flaw in America's collective identity. In twenty years at West Point, whistleblower Tim Bakken has come to understand how unquestioned faith isolates the U.S. armed forces from civil society and leads to catastrophe. Pervaded by chronic deceit, the military's insular culture elevates blind loyalty above all other values. Bakken makes the case that the culture has has observed at West Point influences whether America starts wars and how it prosecutes them
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Bakken, Tim,
- Dewey number
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- 306.2/70973
- 355.0071173
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- U21.5
- LC item number
- .B353 2020
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- United States Military Academy
- Sociology, Military
- HISTORY / Military / United States
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Label
- The cost of loyalty : dishonesty, hubris, and failure in the U.S. military, Tim Bakken
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-368) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Preface: the collapse -- Introduction: breaking the myth -- The origins of the separate world -- Unfounded hubris -- Conformity and cronyism -- one and the same -- Supreme values -- how loyalty creates dishonesty -- A culture of silence -- censorship and retaliation -- Criminality, abuse, and corruption -- Violence, torture, and war crimes -- The consequences of separation
- Control code
- 1140072896
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9781632868985
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- The cost of loyalty : dishonesty, hubris, and failure in the U.S. military, Tim Bakken
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-368) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- Contents
- Preface: the collapse -- Introduction: breaking the myth -- The origins of the separate world -- Unfounded hubris -- Conformity and cronyism -- one and the same -- Supreme values -- how loyalty creates dishonesty -- A culture of silence -- censorship and retaliation -- Criminality, abuse, and corruption -- Violence, torture, and war crimes -- The consequences of separation
- Control code
- 1140072896
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 386 pages
- Isbn
- 9781632868985
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- n
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