Military education past, present, and future
Title:
Military education past, present, and future
Author:
Kennedy, Greg.
ISBN:
9780313013829
Publication Information:
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xii, 239 p.)
Contents:
Abbreviations and Acronyms; Preface and Acknowledgments; 1 The Conundrum of Military Education in Historical Perspective; 2 Educating Bellona: Carl von Clausewitz and Military Education; 3 "No Officer Rather Than a Bad Officer": Officer Selection and Education in the Prussian/German Army, 1715-1945; 4 Sylvanus Thayer and the Ethical Instruction of Nineteenth-Century Military Officers in the United States; 5 History as Process and Record: The Royal Navy and Officer Education; 6 Officer Education and Training in the British Regular Army, 1919-39.
Abstract:
Often the only time a nation evaluates the education of its armed forces is during the aftermath of a great military disaster. Even in the light of an overwhelming victory, such as the Gulf War, questions about how well military education was addressing the study of asymmetric warfare, the Revolution in Military Affairs, the role of non-state actors and international relations in the new world order were the subject of debate in and around the various staff colleges and military universities in the West. This work brings together the ideas of international scholars, all recognized as leaders i.
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