There seems to be Something badly wrong with the Command of western armed forces.
Other uniformed (and not necessarily armed) services will, however, readily identify parallels and insights.. \'Something Rotten\' focusses largely on the Command of Land forces.
It suggests abandoning much overt process; building up human expertise; relying on fewer but better-trained people; and deciding and acting much faster.
It challenges the reader as to why such problems exist and persist.
What is it for? What does it do? How does it do that? How is it structured and organised? Most importantly, what about the people who work in it? \'Something Rotten\' points out logical and practical problems with organisations and processes. \'Something Rotten\' looks at those problems by examining the Command system as a whole.
They take too long to do so.
They produce orders which are too long.
Headquarters are too big.
There seems to be Something badly wrong with the Command of western armed forces
