The author writes about American business executives subjected to training programs, screened by psychiatrists and stimulated by a frantic desire for success. He tells why many of them stop advancing far short of the peak of their particular corporate pyramid.

Donated by the family of Lieutenant Colonel Loyal (Red) Mumford Pease (February 19, 1917 to April 15, 2011) who served as an officer in the 25th Company Bomb Disposal Squad in the United States Army during WWII.