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Army Relations with Congress: Thick Armor, Dull Sword, Slow Horse

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Clever title, excellent research, well written and useful. I highly recommend this book for any military professional, political scientist, or defense industry representative interested in how the military services deal with Congress. The author helpfully provides specific examples of the ways in which military culture often clashes with the political culture of the Congress and how for the Army, their unique service culture makes it particularly difficult to aggressively advocate on behalf of soldiers and Army modernization.

Although the author has done a great favor for the Army by outlining the Army's past failures in getting their message across and by offering a blueprint for change, the service culture he has described argues that the Army is unlikely to make the changes needed. But for those who want to better understand why the Army often loses the Washington funding battles to the Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps, this book is invaluable.