Crisis of Command by Stuart Scheller

Crisis of Command

How We Lost Trust and Confidence in America's Generals and Politicians

Stuart Scheller

Knox Press · Print & ebook · September 6, 2022

Wall Street Journal Bestseller USA Today Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller As Seen on Tucker Carlson Combat-decorated Marine officer Stuart Scheller speaks out against the debacle of the Afghan pullout as the culmination of a decades-long and still-ongoing betrayal of military members by top leadership, from generals to the commander in chief, comes to light.

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Who it’s for
A blunt look at command, confidence, and the bureaucratic weather around modern war.
Genres
Afghan War (2001-), Military Lives, Military Policy & Defense
Published
Knox Press, September 6, 2022

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Wall Street Journal Bestseller USA Today Bestseller Publishers Weekly Bestseller As Seen on Tucker Carlson Combat-decorated Marine officer Stuart Scheller speaks out against the debacle of the Afghan pullout as the culmination of a decades-long and still-ongoing betrayal of military members by top leadership, from generals to the commander in chief, comes to light. Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller was the perfect Marine. Battle tested. A leader. Decorated for valor.

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Yet when the United States acted like the Keystone Cops in a panicked haphazard exit from Afghanistan for political reasons, Scheller spoke out, and the generals lashed out. In fact, they jailed him to keep him quiet, claiming he lost the “trust and confidence” bestowed upon him by the Marines. When the faith and trust is exactly what our generals and even our commander-in-chief betrayed by exercising such reckless and derelict policies. Now Scheller is free from the shackles of the Marine Corps and can speak his mind. And in Crisis of Command, that he does. He holds our generals’ feet to the fire. The same generals who play frivolously with the lives of our service men and women for political gain. The same general who lied to political leaders to further their own agendas and careers. Stuart Scheller is here to say that the buck stops here. Accountability starts now. It’s time to demand accountability and stand up for our military. In this book, Stuart Scheller shows us how.

Command Friction

A blunt look at command, confidence, and the bureaucratic weather around modern war.

Come here for

  • civil-military tension, institutional trust
  • career-minded stakes, plainspoken critique

Expect

  • political and military accountability
  • insider frustration, not polished consensus

Where it sits

Afghan War (2001-)54%
Military Lives42%
Military Policy & Defense26%

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Publisher categories

  • U.S. Military History
  • Afghan War (2001-)
  • Military Policy & Defense
Authors
Stuart Scheller
Publisher
Knox Press
Published
September 6, 2022
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
U.S. Military History