Axe Takes a Hatchet To Army ROTC Army 101: Inside ROTC in a Time of War. David Axe. The University of South Carolina Press. Ill pages; black and white photographs; $24.95.
For an individual who argues for increased precision in the training of America's future officers and finesse in the handling of the individuals undergoing this training, David Axe has no qualms about giving Army ROTC a coarse "hatchet job" in Army 101: Inside ROTC in a Time of War, his treatment of the process of training Army officers in the University of South Carolina's Army ROTC "Gamecock" Battalion.
Axe's brutal and unforgiving assessment of the Army and the program is both unnecessary and …