A blockbuster. . . sure to be controversial. A major work, not just
in military sociology but among concerned citizens generally. The
Hollow Army is one of a kind in that it completely runs against the
conventional wisdom that today's American Army is an effective
fighting force. Henderson's argument is brilliantly conceived,
backed with data and penetrating insight. . . . The scholarship is
extremely sound. . . and the use of data is peerless. Charles C.
Moskos Chairman, Inter-University Seminar on Armed Forces and
Society William Darryl Henderson maintains that despite highly
successful marketing efforts to sell the image of a new quality
army to the American public, the Congress, and to the U.S. Army
itself, the Army has, in fact, not risen above mediocre performance
levels. Henderson dispels the myth of today's quality army, and
explores the long buried and avoided MPT (manpower, personnel, and
training) issues that are expanded on in succeeding chapters. The
24 charts, 13 tables, and 9 chapters of this compelling and timely
investigation factually demonstrate the real army story. Henderson
insists, in an introductory chapter, that everything, even the bad
news must be told. Chapter 2 suggests that the nature and
significance of the army's mission are changing and gaining in
importance and the exploration of the actual number of combat
troops in Chapter 3 concludes that the most important principle of
war can no longer be effectively employed by the U.S. Army. The
vital areas of training, personnel, and the small combat unit are
addressed in the next four chapters. Chapter 8 details the
unfocused character of the Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) Corps.
The final chapter suggests that if the army is to perform its
stated function and achieve maximum value for the manpower and
funds allocated, a rigorous structural-functional systems analysis
and a searching review of underlying assumptions must be
undertaken. This ambitious and eye-opening examination should be
required reading not only for students and scholars of defense and
military studies but for Congressional members, government
officials, army personnel, and U.S. taxpayers as well.
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