 The head of the Army, United States General Dennis Reimer, wanted to reform the Army and effectively endorsed "Breaking the Phalanx" and passed copies out to generals; however, reforming the U.S. Army according to the book met resistance from the Army's "de facto" "board of directors"—the other four-star Army generals—and Reimer did not press the issue.His article called "Thoughts on Force Design in an Era of Shrinking Defense Budgets" was published in Dado Center Journal (The IDF Journal on Operational Art).Many of Macgregor's colleagues thought his unconventional thinking may have harmed his chances for promotion.