Introduction Jorg Muth explores various approaches that were used by the German Armed Forces and the United States Army in his book Command Culture during World War II. Despite the fact that this is a relatively balanced, direct and simple book, the author confronts an emotionally charged and controversial issue that has ever existed in military history. He compares the two countries based on various performances such as how they selected, educated, operated, and promoted their officers before and during this war. In the book, Muth introduces the concept of Command Culture and how it was effective in assisting the German Soldiers during the war. He further demonstrates the simplicity of the concept, but laments that the United States failed to incorporate it into their military system. This concept of Command Culture , the writer says, was a key determinant in the various paths that the United States and Germany armies took during this particular war. There are various interpretations that support or decline Muth’s ideas, but it all depends on the perspective one chooses when reading the book. However, a majority of readers argue that Muth shows a lot of contempt for the United States Army and the tactical approaches they used during this period in several ways. Muth’s Contempt for the United States Army To begin with, the title of his book, Command Culture, or Auftragstaktik as it is known in German, is the centre around which he rotates his criticism. The first of such condescension concerns the translation of the word itself into English. Here, he portrays the Germans as very elusive people. In fact, this German word cannot be translated into any other language and still maintain its original meaning. As such, it is only the Germans who understand its meaning and philosophies, and hence, anybody outside German is prepared from the onset of the book not to expect anything within boundaries of comprehension. Muth proceeds to inform the reader about the origin of Auftragstaktik. Meanwhile, he introduces another bright German by the name Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke, whom he calls a genius in his own capacity. Moltke, having witnessed the 1858 general staff war games, was pissed off by the way it was run. It is at this particular point that the writer yet again criticizes the United States Army. He refers the detailed orders and paperwork that was so characteristic of the U.S. Army as nonsense, and this, the writer says, forced Moltke to devise the concept of Command Culture. Moltke faced a lot of objection while crusading about Auftragstaktik even in Germany at first, but by the time he had been promoted to the leader of the German Army and was retiring in 1888, this concept had already gained popularity inside the Prussian Army (Muth, 2011). The writer’s contemptuous attitude towards the U.S. Army is further exhibited when he ridicules their ignorance during the 19 th century. Moltke asserts that hundreds of U.S. observers regularly observed the ever fighting European armies, but unfortunately missed everything about Auftragstaktik. He continues to scoff at them that instead of understanding the most discussed revolutionary topic by that time, they concentrated on drill manuals, saddle straps, and belt buckles (Muth, 2011). However, this he attr