Not sure...............................

..............that I ever would have thought of classifying Catch-22 as a novel for leaders.  But, since Michael proposed it, I fetched an old copy off the shelves and started thumbing through it.  I think he has a point.  On about every other page there is a passage like this:

     Without realizing how it came about, the combat men in the squadron discovered themselves dominated by the administrators appointed to serve them.  They were bullied, insulted, harassed and shoved about all day long by one after the other.  When the voiced their objection, Captain Black replied that people who were loyal would not mind signing all the loyalty oaths they had to.  To anyone who questioned the effectiveness of the loyalty oaths, he replied that people who really did owe allegiance to their country would be proud to pledge it as often as he forced them to.  And to anyone who questioned the morality, he replied that "The Star Spangled Banner" was the greatest piece of music ever composed.  The more loyalty oaths a person signed, the more loyal he was;  to Captain Black it was as simple as that, and he had Corporal Kolodny sign hundreds with his name each day so that he could always prove he was more loyal than anyone else.