It’s very worth the time if you’re ever on a drive or something. To listen to him. Basically he argues that in World War II general Scott fired. They were constantly being fired and relieved of command. And that being fired was not the end of your career it just meant you didn’t work in that position they will pull you out and try to get you somewhere better. But he says basically you have 90 days to perform are you were gone. He said that changed in Vietnam with the one year tour, and continue to enter the Middle East where you had a one-year tour no matter what you did. And the only incentive was not to screw up. So it creates timid leaders. Lots of amazing examples of World War II. And a lot of fascinating things about George Marshall I had never heard before. George Marshall walked in the door when World War II kicked off, and fired nearly all of the senior generals and Colonels and told them they were too old and would never lead troops in combat And he names names, from World War II, right up through our latest in Afghanistan and Iraq.
I had known that officers in the Army and the Navy were fired and replaced early in WWII and always felt that was bold and of course correct, mediocre officers had been allowed to gather moss during the peacetime years but when we faced the big war, somehow we had enough leadership at the top, that established officers were replaced with what were known to be more aggressive men who were better suited for war.