When Army General Harris Green begins to suspect that President Keith Rozan's halting leadership of the US military will lead to catastrophic results for the country down the line, General Green must ask himself an important question: Should a military leader forsake his commissioning oath when a president acts outside the bounds of the Constitution?
Tipped off by White House aides that President Rozan has imminent plans to change the character, purpose, and future of the US Military Academy, General Green realizes he must take action. And he knows just the man with the courage and character to fight Washington from behind the Superintendent's desk at West Point: Marine General Simon Pack.
Hardheaded and unswervingly devoted to his missions, General Pack resigned from the US Marine Corps out of revulsion at the rise of careerism among senior leaders. But with time running out, will General Green persuade him to return to active duty to save the Academy's future-and the future of the US military?
A thought-provoking and controversial story that asks hard questions about military-civilian relations, The Supe is essential reading for anyone who cares about the future of the military in this country.
About the Author: John Vermillion served in the US Army as a career infantry officer, Airborne and Ranger qualified. He attended all the standard military schools through the War College. He earned a BS from West Point before continuing on to earn three additional degrees.
The author believes the main cause of America's present, pervasive problems is a dearth of leadership throughout society, and that if the leadership vacuum created our problems, filling the vacuum can solve them. The Supe shows the vast positive influence one genuine leader can trigger.
Like the best leaders he encountered, the author respects Reason and the stoic code, as does protagonist Simon Pack.
