On the eve of the premiere of the new Paramount Pictures movie, Rules of Engagement , the film’s creator, executive producer, and co-writer talked recently at his office overlooking the Iwo Jima Memorial in northern Virginia with Naval Institute editor Fred L. Schultz. The self-described iconoclast discusses the machinations of Hollywood and its prevailing attitudes toward the military, his service as Assistant Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy, the gap between civilian and military cultures, and his opinions about the current condition of military leadership.
