Crisis of Command : How We Lost Trust and Confidence in America's Generals and Politicians
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Publisher Description
Combat-decorated Marine officer Stuart Scheller speaks out against the debacle of the Afghan pullout as the culmination of a decades-long and still-ongoing betrayal of military members by top leadership, from generals to the commander in chief, comes to light.
Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller was the perfect Marine. Battle tested. A leader. Decorated for valor. Yet when the United States acted like the Keystone Cops in a panicked haphazard exit from Afghanistan for political reasons, Scheller spoke out, and the generals lashed out. In fact, they jailed him to keep him quiet, claiming he lost the "trust and confidence" bestowed upon him by the Marines—when the faith and trust is exactly what our generals and even our commander-in-chief betrayed by exercising such reckless and derelict policies. Now Scheller is free from the shackles of the Marine Corps and can speak his mind. And in Crisis of Command, that he does. He holds our generals' feet to the fire. The same generals who play frivolously with the lives of our service men and women for political gain. The same generals who lied to political leaders to further their own agendas and careers. Stuart Scheller is here to say that the buck stops here. Accountability starts now. It's time to demand accountability and stand up for our military. In this book, Stuart Scheller shows us how.
Customer Reviews
A Sadly Accurate Account of Today’s Military
I have been a supply officer in the marine corps for 4 years now. I have already seen much of what LtCol Scheller speaks to in his book from the broken means of procurement, to a total lack of accountability on the part of senior leaders. I wish it weren’t so, but this book offers the most realistic take on the modern state of the US Military that I’ve seen.
A Warrior
I am about to retire as an E7 in the USAF. Much of what Lt Col Scheller states is a problem I have also seen. He is a man of great moral courage. God Bless this man and his family.
A must read for everyone in the military
Valuable insights into the systemic issues within the American Military, a compelling personal story - and an ongoing battle for accountability at the senior leader level. Absolutely the most important book I’ve read this year. Every generation needs a revolution.