The Silent Sickness: The U.S. Navy’s Late 20th Century Maintenance Crisis
Just think: The year is 1980. The United States, locked in a global Cold War, relies on its mighty Navy to project power and deter adversaries. Yet, beneath the gleaming hulls of its warships, a silent sickness was festering. A crisis of maintenance, so pervasive it threatened to cripple the fleet, was unfolding not on … Read more