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Crisis of Command

How We Lost Trust and Confidence in America's Generals and Politicians

Published by Knox Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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Combat-decorated Marine officer Stuart Scheller speaks out against the debacle of the Afghan pullout as the culmination of a decades-long and still-ongoing betrayal of military members by top leadership, from generals to the commander in chief, comes to light.


Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Scheller was the perfect Marine. Battle tested. A leader. Decorated for valor. Yet when the United States acted like the Keystone Cops in a panicked haphazard exit from Afghanistan for political reasons, Scheller spoke out, and the generals lashed out. In fact, they jailed him to keep him quiet, claiming he lost the “trust and confidence” bestowed upon him by the Marines. When the faith and trust is exactly what our generals and even our commander-in-chief betrayed by exercising such reckless and derelict policies. Now Scheller is free from the shackles of the Marine Corps and can speak his mind. And in Crisis of Command, that he does. He holds our generals’ feet to the fire. The same generals who play frivolously with the lives of our service men and women for political gain. The same general who lied to political leaders to further their own agendas and careers. Stuart Scheller is here to say that the buck stops here. Accountability starts now. It’s time to demand accountability and stand up for our military. In this book, Stuart Scheller shows us how.

About The Author

Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller was born in Illinois and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. A graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a degree in accounting, he also holds a master’s degree from the Marine Corps University.

He joined the Marines in January 2005 and became an infantry officer. He then completed five deployments—receiving a Bronze Star, Army Commendation with V for Valor, three Meritorious Service Medals, and three Navy Commendation Service Medals.

He has held numerous leadership positions, including Company Commander, Operations Officer, and Battalion Commander.

Scheller resigned from the Marine Corps at the rank of Lieutenant Colonel after witnessing a poorly planned and executed Afghanistan withdrawal.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Knox Press (September 6, 2022)
  • Length: 256 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781637585450

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