To Serve with Honor: A Treatise on Military Ethics and the Way of the Soldier

by Richard A. Gabriel

Book Overview

To Serve With Honor should be required reading for all members of the officer corps of the United States military. Beyond that, it should be made required reading for all United States military academies, ROTC and officer candidate programs. This treatise on military ethics goes a long way in bridging the gap between the military and society's understanding of the military's ethical dilemma. It is a must for the student of military affairs...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275927113
• ISBN13: 9780275927110
• Release Date: July 1987
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

To Serve with Honor

This book argues that the permeation of business and civilian standards into the military services of the United States, have and will severely compromise its capabilities. Beliefs such as, that the lack of a promotion to a supervisory position should be equated with incompetence and failure, that physically comfortable administrative positions are more prestigious and require more competence than field positions, and the so-called "team spirit" entailing that everything, including ethics, be subordinate to the achievement of the goal, are thoroughly analyzed and criticized as incompatible with the fundamental purposes and responsibilities of a military serving a Western democracy, and the honor demanded for these responsibilities. All involved with, and interested in the capabilities of, the U.S. military will find this book both highly readable and uniquely thought provoking.