The Little Red Book Of Government Platitudes (English Edition)

This work is a collection of over 200 commonly heard platitudes espoused by government employees involved in the acquisition, development & engineering of military hardware for the US armed forces. Along with each platitude is a short explanation of what these often times bewildering platitudes actually mean. The origins of often heard, but rarely understood platitudes such as "faster and funnier please", "they're going to steal our thunder" and "we're a self-licking ice cream cone" are finally revealed in terms any lay person can understand. The work represents the author's 34 years of collective wisdom in the military acquisition business and provides the reader with a rare glimpse into this often bizarre and unexplainable world.