To Serve with Honor: A Treatise on Military Ethics and the Way of the Soldier

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To Serve With Honor should be required reading for all members of the officer corps of the United States military. Beyond that, it should be made required reading for all United States military academies, ROTC and officer candidate programs. This treatise on military ethics goes a long way in bridging the gap between the military and society's understanding of the military's ethical dilemma. It is a must for the student of military affairs. International Social Science Review

To Serve With Honor is the first book by an American to focus on the validity of current standards of military ethics in more than a century. This thoughtful study begins with the premise that the military profession is qualitatively different from any other profession. Author Richard Gabriel uses this assumption to address such vital questions as What are the limits of military obedience and When does a soldier have an obligation to resist the orders of his superiors

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This book takes the lid off the damage the Vietnam era did to America's military ethic. Two generations of military officers raised in the tradition of the business school ethic have unwittingly fostered a distortion in our traditional military values. In To Service With Honor Professor Gabriel describes the symtoms of this problem, explains how it arose, and proposes a long term cure. This is an important book of unique insight, vigor, and clarity.-James Bond Stockdale, Vice Admiral, USB (Ret)
To With Serve Honor should be required reading for all members of the officer corps of the United States military. Beyond that, it should be made required reading for all United States military academies, ROTC and officer candidate programs. This treatise on military ethics goes a long way in bridging the gap between the military and society's understanding of the military's ethical dilemma. It is a must for the student of military affairs.-International Social Science Review
"To With Serve Honor should be required reading for all members of the officer corps of the United States military. Beyond that, it should be made required reading for all United States military academies, ROTC and officer candidate programs. This treatise on military ethics goes a long way in bridging the gap between the military and society's understanding of the military's ethical dilemma. It is a must for the student of military affairs."-International Social Science Review
"This book takes the lid off the damage the Vietnam era did to America's military ethic. Two generations of military officers raised in the tradition of the business school ethic have unwittingly fostered a distortion in our traditional military values. In To Service With Honor Professor Gabriel describes the symtoms of this problem, explains how it arose, and proposes a long term cure. This is an important book of unique insight, vigor, and clarity."-James Bond Stockdale, Vice Admiral, USB (Ret)

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RICHARD A. GABRIEL is Professor of Politics at St. Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire.