Only the most able moving beyond politics in the selection of national security leaders
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, focus...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, MD
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc
2013
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| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 287 pages 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9781442220225 (alk. paper) |