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The Spit-Shine Syndrome - Organizational Irrationality in the American Field Army (Hardcover)
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The Spit-Shine Syndrome - Organizational Irrationality in the American Field Army (Hardcover)
Series: Contributions in Military Studies
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Those interested in reforming the Army's personnel and evaluation
systems will find The Spit-Shine Syndome's fairly detailed
proposals both interesting and thought-provoking. Armed Forces
Journal Bassford's comprehensive proposals put him in an altogether
different category from other self-proclaimed `defense reformers.'
. . . Bassford criticizes but he also offers a package of
solutions. His frustrations seem to be shared by at least some of
the Army's leadership. Gen. John Galvin, our top commander in NATO,
has lamented the `grindstone of bureaucratic business' that
undermines combat readiness. In his approving foreword to
Bassford's writing, retired Lt. Gen. Robert Elton declared: `The
potential is there to mold a truly great Army. . . . This book
screams for someone to listen.' And perhaps more important, to act.
Chicago Tribune The problem of adjusting American military
organization to new social, political, and strategic realities has
perplexed military thinkers since the closing days of World War II;
proposals for reform have proliferated since the end of the Vietnam
War. Practical solutions, however, have proven elusive. In this
volume, the author examines the various existing approaches to
reform and concludes that most are either unworkable or
irrelevant--if not actually counter-productive--to improving the
effectiveness of American combat forces. The author rejects
suggestions that perennial American military failure can be traced
to the inadequacies of military personnel or of American society in
general; he argues that neither a return to the draft, imposition
of an ethical code for military leaders, nor creation of a General
Staff will address fundamental issues. Likewise, he argues that
structural reform, while needed, can only strike at symptoms, not
causes. It is the author's view that the roots of American military
ineptitude lie in the military services' organizational methods,
not their organizational structure. These methods are the natural
product of the unique evolution of American military institutions.
They are incompatible with the structure, role, and doctrine of the
armed forces as they exist today.
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