Military Review English Edition January-February 2017 | Page 9

LETTER TO THE EDITOR 122 Dr. Jon Fallesen, chief, Leadership Research, Assessment and Doctrine Division of the Center for Army Leadership, responds to an article by Col. Kevin McAninch published in the September-October 2016 issue of Military Review, “How the Army’s Multi-Source Assessment and Feedback Program Could Become a Catalyst for Leader Development.” REVIEW ESSAY 126 The True Believer Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements Lt. Col. Benjamin Buchholz, U.S. Army An Army strategic planner builds upon Eric Hoffer’s book The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements in a discussion of how to counter mass movements arising in Islamic cultures. BOOK REVIEWS 131 Readers provide analyses of contemporary readings for the military professional. Soldiers assigned to Special Operations Detachment–C conduct airborne operations from a UH-60 Black Hawk piloted by a Florida National Guard helicopter crew 23 April 2016 in Brooksville, Florida. (Photo by Ching Oettel, Florida National Guard PAO) MILITARY REVIEW  January-February 2017 7