I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World
Melville House - Melville House
Release date: 2008-01-28
Hardcover
Author: Trevor Paglen
American history, American history: from c 1900 -, POLITICS & GOVERNMENT, History, History - Military / War, History - U.S., History: American, USA, Military - United States, History / United States / 20th Century, Political Science / General, General, United States - 20th Century
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I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World
Date undefinedThis book is a picture book of clandestine military patches and a short review of there meaning and location.It is interesting but lacks alot of story.
I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World
Date undefinedEnjoyable look at the various military "skunkworks" projects that go on beneath the public surface. The explanations, especially translations from Latin, provided for each of the project or group patches are a bit variable. Some are fairly detailed (but almost always shorter than half a page), while some are very superficial at best. Book would have been even better if it dealt with similar now-declassified projects in the Army or Navy; they must exist. Virtually all the examples cited are from the Air Force. But overall an illuminating vignette about how people who work on these projects view themselves - usually in a humorous, irreverent manner.
I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have to be Destroyed by Me: Emblems from the Pentagon's Black World
Date undefinedThis is a nicely bound book with a patch embedded into the front cover. On the inside, it's mostly pictures with light commentary, so it's mostly a one-time read with little reference potential. The content is mostly speculative, and the patches aren't organized by symbology. I would have liked to see some patches from less secretive units using the same symbology for comparison.
It's a nice conversation starter, though.
