Donald E. Vandergriff is considered an expert on Mission Command, Maneuver Warfare and Leader Development using the latest in Learning Methodologies. He is a noted speaker, award winning author, and teacher being Named ROTC teacher of the year. He is also the author or editor of six other books and over 100 articles. He is also a retired Marine and Army officer having served 24 years in uniform, and another 12 years as a contractor, both overseas and in the US.

“Adopting Mission Command is an invaluable resource for anyone who leads or trains tactical organizations. Vandergriff notes that the Army has improved in past years. This volume will help further that positive trend.” —Association of the United States Army (AUSA) “Is leadership culture the chicken or the egg? This book offers a partial but essential answer to that question.” —Veterans Today “Vandergrift has produced a timely book that offers excellent insights on how to train and develop future military leaders. His book is recommended for military trainers, small unit leaders, and scholars interested in military doctrine.” —Journal of Military History “Vandergriff’s ideas on reforming tactical-level training will prove valuable to tactical-level leaders…. The author has offered the reader of Adopting Mission Command a practical handbook on how to train better leaders at the margins of mission command—where strategy and operations give way to tactics, and soldier life or death.” —Modern War Institute “Adopting Mission Command is intended for serving military personnel and especially Directing Staff at officer training and educational institutions. It offers them practical guidance and concrete exercises to use in their teaching, as Vandergriff has done in advising the US military. The book will prove very useful to military educational establishments, which will almost certainly want to add it to their reading lists.” —Michigan War Studies Review “Vandergriff’s work is both informative and timely and founded upon proven developmental practices; it also incorporates historical examples as proof of concept. Recommended.” —The Military Reviewer