Only the Most Able

Only the Most Able
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9781442220232
ISBN-13 : 1442220236
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Book Synopsis Only the Most Able by : Stephen M. Duncan

Download or read book Only the Most Able written by Stephen M. Duncan and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2012-10-05 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The nature of the threats facing America today has drastically reduced the margin for error in senior political appointments. In Only the Most Able, Stephen M. Duncan draws on a lifetime of military, public service, executive, and legal experience to critique the political appointment process, focusing on departments that deal with national security—the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. He looks at how the current methods for making appointments put people in positions for which they are not qualified and not prepared. Rather, he argues, appointments should be made on the basis of one's qualifications and merits—those who lead our military should be people with military experience, and those who must make executive decisions should be people who have served and excelled in an executive capacity. Identifying the successful traits of leaders such as Winston Churchill, General George Marshall, nationally-known business executives, and others, Duncan argues with unusual insight and candor why the quality and performance of senior political appointees who are charged even in part with the nation's security, must be improved, and offers specific recommendations on how this can be accomplished. This timely book will appeal to Americans of all political persuasions, as well as those with particular interests in political and military history.


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