Siege Mentality: ABC, the White House and the Iran Hostage Crisis

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

The Iran hostage crisis of 1979-80 drew an unprecedented amount of press coverage in the US, especially from the major networks, which devoted a third of their time to the hostage story during the first six months. Of the three networks, ABC...

Certifying AMRAAM

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In March 1986, Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger was required by Congress to certify in writing that the Air Force's Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) program was proceeding according to plan: that its design was complete,...

Managing Viper: Epilogue

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In August 1977, Col. Hubert Lacquement was facing the toughest challenge of his career. The Army project he was managing, the Viper assault/anti-tank weapon, had become more expensive than predicted and had fallen behind its production schedule...

Managing Viper

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In August 1977, Col. Hubert Lacquement was facing the toughest challenge of his career. The Army project he was managing, the Viper assault/anti-tank weapon, had become more expensive than predicted and had fallen behind its production schedule...

Managing Environmental Risk: The Case of Asarco (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In July 1983, EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus issued proposed regulations to control arsenic emissions from copper smelting and glass manufacturing plants. At the same time, he announced that EPA would involve residents of the Tacoma,...

Managing Environmental Risk: The Case of Asarco

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In July 1983, EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus issued proposed regulations to control arsenic emissions from copper smelting and glass manufacturing plants. At the same time, he announced that EPA would involve residents of the Tacoma,...

Taking Toshiba Public

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In 1986, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) learned of an illegal sale of sophisticated milling machine equipment to the Soviet Union by Japanese and Norwegian companies. What became known to the public as the Toshiba case--although the...

On the Road to Isfahan: The Shah Buys the F-14

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In 1974, the US government approved the sale of the country's most advanced fighter airplane, the F-14, to the government of the Shah of Iran. This case traces the sale from its origins, setting out the interests of the plane's manufacturer,...

The Saga of Vera Katz

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In November 1984, Representative Vera Katz decided to run for the position of speaker of the house of the Oregon Legislature. If elected, she stood to become the first female speaker in state history, and only the fifth American woman to preside...

HIV and DC: The AIDS Testing Issue

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

In November 1985, District of Columbia Councilmember John Ray introduced a bill that would have imposed a five-year moratorium on all kinds of applicant AIDS-testing in the district by health, life, and disability insurers. Ray wrote the bill...

Auditing the Auditors

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

This case focuses on the Seattle Community Accountability Program, designed to discourage juvenile crime by having offenders appear before neighborhood boards which can order them to make restitution. The program becomes mired in dispute between...

Buying the Beretta: The Army's Dilemma (Epilogue)

Publication Date: January 01, 1988

A handgun is a soldier's weapon of last resort. Face to face with the enemy, with no other means of fighting available save their bare hands, soldiers have always reached for the handguns holstered at their sides. Since 1911 the legendary Colt ...