Is There a Book That Influences Your Life?

David Frum: I would be shocked and impressed if we lived in a world where there were such hard and fast rules. He says James Q. Wilson's "Bureaucracy" is useful for understanding what it is that happens specifically in government. In peacetime militaries, the primary reason they're not efficient is because of their lack of clear goals or plans to meet future needs.Frum: People like to dump on government for being inefficient but there are good reasons why it works how it does.