Rumsfeld’s drive to overhaul the Pentagon — to drop outdated practices and modes of thought — antagonized many senior military officers and civilian officials in the department. He pushed for doing more with less.
Less troops than needed, less body armor, less oversight…..
REMINDER: It bears repeating that the author, Doug Feith, was in charge of the Office of Special Plans for Iraq in the Pentagon, and was so inept that Gen. Tommy Franks memorably called him "the fucking stupidest guy on the face of the earth."