Something Rotten by Jim Storr

Something Rotten by Jim Storr

There seems to be something badly wrong with the command of western armed forces.  Headquarters are too big.  They produce orders which are too long.  They take too long to do so.  'Something Rotten' looks at those problems by examining the command system as a whole. What is it for?  What does it do?  How does it do that? How is it structured and organised?  Most importantly, what about the people who work in it?

'Something Rotten' points out logical and practical problems with organisations and processes. It challenges the reader as to why such problems exist and persist. It suggests abandoning much overt process; building up human expertise; relying on fewer but better-trained people; and deciding and acting much faster.   

'Something Rotten' focusses largely on the command of land forces.  Other uniformed (and not necessarily armed) services will, however, readily identify parallels and insights.

Storr, Jim: - Jim Storr wrote high-level doctrine for four years as a Regular infantry officer in the British Army. He then embarked on a second career in analysis, consulting, writing and postgraduate teaching. He has lectured, spoken and taught at staff colleges around the world. His first book, 'The Human Face of War', has been on the reading guide at a number of them. It has been described as 'a superb guide for how to approach the conduct of operation'; a book which 'attacks a lot of things that military folks ... take for granted'. Indeed 'rarely has there been a book as good as this for stimulating thinking.'

In a temporary change of direction, 'King Arthur's Wars' then looked at how Roman Britain became Anglo-Saxon England. Yet ' ... it contains lessons for modern commanders, and is a guide for all of us as to how to think about problems holistically and logically', and 'his assault on ... conventional history ... is unrelenting, thorough, and persuasive.' He now brings the same approach to war and warfare in the 20th century.

Jim Storr was appointed professor of war studies at the Norwegian military academy, Oslo in 2013.

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ISBN 13	9781912440320
ISBN 10	1912440326
Title	Something Rotten
Author	Jim Storr
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Howgate Publishing Limited
Year published	2022-05-09
Number of pages	254
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