Dannatt has been decorated for his physical courage, though he skates lightly over it here. But moral courage is often much harder to exercise, for it takes real determination to break ranks, to challenge accepted views, to be an unsettling guest in a world of compromise &, by implication, to criticize old & valued comrades. During his time as professional head of the Army Richard Dannatt showed courage in confronting the challenges it faced, & if he sticks his neck out in the pages that follow it is surely no more than to follow the principle that characterized his career