Every day the American public is treated to yet another horror story about the American way of defense, often concerning the unimaginable sums spent for unworkable weaponry. As outrageous as these stories are, they fail to convey the full, scandalous dimensions of our military failures, both actual and potential. Heavy Losses does.

In this controversial expose of the American defense establishment, two Washington journalists present evidence of a grossly mismanaged and ineffective military system