James Gordon Burton (born May 3, 1937) is a former United States Air Force officer and whistleblower who wrote The Pentagon Wars: Reformers Challenge the Old Guard, a book about the development of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle that was adapted into the 1998 HBO comedy film, The Pentagon Wars.

Born at the end of the Great Depression in rural Normal, Illinois Burton was a member of the inaugural class of the United States Air Force Academy, graduating in 1959.

[3] He was an above-average student academically and a power-hitting outfielder on the baseball field, and was one of four outstanding members of the class selected to meet President Dwight D. Eisenhower at the White House.

This stopped the bleeding, but, due to the time that diagnosis and treatment took, saw him permanently grounded and led to a second career in weapons procurement at The Pentagon.

"In the early 1980's, they began telling anyone who would listen about weapons systems that would cost billions of dollars more than advertised, or perform far less effectively than was claimed, or both.