Military education : past, present, and future / edited by Gregory C. Kennedy and Keith Neilson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kennedy, Greg.

Neilson, Keith.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military education--History--Congresses.

Military education.

History.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xii, 239 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Summary:

Based on historical case studies, this volume analyzes the success and failure of professional military education in the western world from the 18th century to the present.

Contents:

1 The Conundrum of Military Education in Historical Perspective / John B. Hattendorf 1

2 Educating Bellona: Carl von Clausewitz and Military Education / T. G. Otte 13

3 "No Officer Rather Than a Bad Officer": Officer Selection and Education in the Prussian/German Army, 1715-1945 / Dennis E. Showalter 35

4 Sylvanus Thayer and the Ethical Instruction of Nineteenth-Century Military Officers in the United States / Lori Bogle 63

5 History as Process and Record: The Royal Navy and Officer Education / Andrew Lambert 83

6 Officer Education and Training in the British Regular Army, 1919-39 / David French 105

7 To Make the Men for the Next Crisis: The USAF Air War College and the Education of Senior Military Leaders, 1945-93 / Mark R. Grandstaff 129

8 The War Colleges and Joint Education in the United States / Thomas A. Keaney 149

9 The Labors of Athena and the Muses: Historical and Contemporary Aspects of Canadian Military Education / Ronald G. Haycock 167

10 European Military Education Today / Peter Foot 197.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-229) and index.

ISBN:

0275975975

OCLC:

49704778