Defense Game, The

Richard Stubbing, who worked on the defense budget from 1962 to 1981, looks at the realities of policy making for the Pentagon by asking: How are decisions really made in the complex and secretive world of defense planning and budgeting? His conclusions are striking. "The Defense Game" examines the way the various players--the armed services, the defense industry, the Administration, and Congress--actually run the biggest game in town.