I was doing some research and came upon some references to this small book from 1969. And my Lord, it is one of the most insightful things I've ever come across in my life. Reading this confirms that nothing has changed since its publication regarding the military-industrial complex.
It's obviously no longer in print and you'll find almost nothing about it online. It's not on PDF anywhere and there are no reviews that I've found. As such I'll either post snippets from each chapter for you all to enjoy or I'll attempt to straight up type out the whole thing. There's about 182 small pages.
If you want to order it you can get a copy for less than a dollar here: http://www.amazon.com/Scandal-Pentag.../dp/B0006CJIQ4
Otherwise I'm going to order as many copies as I can to preserve them. They're that important to me. I'm working on many projects at any time and the information contained in this book is extremely important for relaying the narrative of the military-industrial complex, from the politicians to the contractors to the folks at the bottom relying on it for sustenance.
I'll leave you with this paragraph: "We have witnessed the results of this process over the past quarter of a century: a wholly disproportionate investment of the nation's resources in the expensive paraphernalia of the warfare state; a series of military misadventures culminating in the costly and tragic intervention in Vietnam; a pervasive spread of military influence into the civilian institutions of private and public life; an increasing disposition on the part of government to rely on secrecy and deceit in its dealings with the people who, in a democracy, are supposed to exercise ultimate control over the direction of policy; a tendency to neglect or at least defer even the most pressing nonmilitary needs of the society; a growing trend toward alienation - or open rebellion - on the part of the youth against a system they regard as indifferent, if not openly hostile, to fundamental humane principles."