The Spit-Shine Syndrome: Organizational Irrationality in the American Field Army

by Christopher Bassford

Those interested in reforming the Army's personnel and evaluation systems will find The Spit-Shine Syndome's fairly detailed proposals both interesting and thought-provoking. Armed Forces Journal

Bassford's comprehensive proposals put him in an altogether different category from other self-proclaimed defense reformers.' . . . Bassford criticizes but he also offers a package of solutions. His frustrations seem to be shared by at least...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313262152
• ISBN13: 9780313262159
• Release Date: July 1988
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"