"James is a terrific reporter, and this account of the effort to shape our military to reflect left-wing social values rather than the priorities of readiness and capability is vital." âBEN SHAPIRO, bestselling author of The Right Side of History and host of The Ben Shapiro Show
"Stand Down is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how progressives have forced radical changes on our militaryâno matter how much harm it does to combat readiness." â MOLLIE HEMINGWAY, bestselling coauthor of Justice on Trial
"Stand Down exposes one of the greatest but least-discussed scandals of our era. Time and time again, the Obama administration undermined the military to advance left-wing political goals â and Hasson brings the goods to prove it. Every patriotic American who cares about the military needs to read this book." â BUCK SEXTON, Former CIA Counterterrorism Officer, Host of The Buck Sexton Show
"James Hasson makes a powerful and convincing case in this exceptionally well-written book. Stand Down is a scathing indictment of the Obama administrationâs misuse of the military as a vehicle for progressive social change at the expense of men and women in uniform." âSEAN PARNELL, Army combat veteran and New York Times bestselling author of Outlaw Platoon
âSafe spaceâ stickers on office doors at the Naval Academy. Officers apologizing for âmicroaggressionsâ against Air Force cadets. An Army âgender integration studyâ urging an end to âhyper-masculinityâ in combat-arms units. Power Point presentations teaching commanders about âmale pregnancy.â A cover-up, as senior officials placed their thumbs on the scales to ensure the success of the first female candidates at the Armyâs legendary Ranger School. These are just a few of the examples documented in this explosive book, Stand Down: How Social Justice Warriors are Sabotaging the U.S. Military by former Army Captain, Afghanistan veteran, and attorney James Hasson.
Hasson exposes the relentless campaign by powerful Obama administration ideologues to remake the culture and policies of the U.S. military, even over the explicit objections of military leaders. He presents evidenceâdrawn from government documents and exclusive interviews with more than forty sources, including high-ranking officers and Pentagon insidersâthat progressive activists in the Obama Administration used the U.S. Military as their preferred vehicle to advance the progressive agenda. The stories paint a troubling picture of what happens when leftwing political operatives impose a political agenda on our nationâs military: they render our forces less effective, place our military men and women in greater danger, and compromise the militaryâs sole objective: to protect America by winning the nationâs wars.
âMilitary readinessâ is a term politicians and pundits often use in the abstract to describe our militaryâs ability to defeat its adversaries. But it ultimately describes how well we have prepared and equipped a young soldier or sailor to prevail over an enemy determined to do them harm. Hasson makes a compelling case that our nation has a moral obligation to ensure that the sons and daughters it sends to war have the best possible chance of victoryâwhich means we must embrace only the policies that help us win wars and reject those that donât. Political agendas of any kind invite corruption, jeopardize lives, and undermine the mission. They have no place in military policyâa principle that the Obama administration either disdained or failed to understand.