Mishandling Sexual Assault, and Other Military Problems

Abstract

The US military today is full of problems, ranging from its corrosive and destructive campaign ostensibly targeting sexual assault but actually designed to satisfy politicians, to the rampant malfeasance of numerous commanders removed from their posts. These problems are the result of the military’s too-great reliance on self-serving notions like “character” and on the personal nature of command in the military, as well as the fact that the military acts even within its ranks by top-down force, not discussion and rationality.