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Title: Crisis in Command : Mismanagement in the Army by Richard A. Gabriel, Paul Savage ISBN: 0-8090-0140-3 Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub Pub. Date: 01 July, 1979 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Forgotten Lessons
Comment: I first read this book as a student in ROTC in the mid-1980's. The author shows how thousands of years of military philosophy and practice were thrown away by the Pentagon in exchange for modern corporate practices. Soldiers must be lead; not "managed" to their deaths. Manamara and crew subverted lessons learned by commanders in battle through the ages, and substituted corporate methods which were the detriment of the US military; especially in Vietnam. An army can fight anywhere, anytime, so long as it is properly trained and led by skilled military leaders who innovate on the lessons of the past. Corporate practices should be left to those in Admin and Supply. The author cites examples of the military successes that were due to adherence to historical military truisms. This book will describe the REAL cause for our failure in Vietnam- to the surprise of most University intellectuals. This book causes an epiphany of ones sense of military history.

Rating: 4
Summary: The business version was "On a clear day you can see GM"
Comment: This book clearly and succinctly discusses what went wrong with the US Army leading to the debacles of Viet Nam. It is good reading for those interested in the military, but the lessons are just as true for industry. I highly recommend this book.

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