PDF-[EPUB] - The Cost of Loyalty: Dishonesty, Hubris, and Failure in the U.S. Military

A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020A courageous and damning look at the destruction wrought by the arrogance incompetence and duplicity prevalent in the US militaryfrom the inside perspective of a West Point professor of lawVeneration for the military is a deeply embedded but fatal flaw in Americas collective identity In twenty years at West Point whistleblower Tim Bakken has come to understand how unquestioned faith isolates the US armed forces from civil society and leads to catastrophe Pervaded by chronic deceit the militarys insular culture elevates blind loyalty above all other values The consequences are undeniably grim failure in every war since World War II millions of lives lost around the globe and trillions of dollars wastedBakken makes the case that the culture he has observed at West Point influences whether America starts wars and how it prosecutes them Despite fabricated admissions data rampant cheating epidemics of sexual assault archaic curriculums and shoddy teaching the military academies produce officers who maintain their privileges at any cost to the nation Any dissenter is crushed Bakken revisits all the major wars the United States has fought from Korea to the current debacles in the Middle East to show how the military culture produces one failure after anotherThe Cost of Loyalty is a powerful multifaceted revelation about the United States and its singular source of pride One of the few federal employees ever to win a whistleblowing case against the US military Bakken in this brave timely and urgently necessary book and at great personal risk helps us understand why America loses wars. X LV D e c e m b e r 2 0 0 8 6 3 3 6 4 4 633 575132008 American Marketing Association ISSN 00222437 print 15477193 electronic Nina Mazar is Assistant Professor of Marketing Joseph L Rotman School of Management University of Tor Presented by Laura A. LeDoux, Esq.. April 15, 2015. IACBE Conference. Academic Dishonesty – A Rampant Problem. Background. Academic dishonesty is on the rise. Is cheating a learned behavior?. Is technology really the problem?. Donor Retention . Process not a Project. Commitment. Retention . Versus. . Loyalty. How do they relate?. Retain. 1. to . keep possession of. 2. to continue to use, practice, etc.: . to retain an . a. nd how to fix them!. Your thesis statement should . clearly . 1) name one flaw and 2) say whether or not Ulysses overcomes it.. Weak example: . Ulysses was so full of hubris throughout his journey home, it caused him great distress.. Hamartia. Definition. Noun. A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine.. Example. 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