The past as prologue : the importance of history to the military profession / edited by Williamson Murray, Richard Hart Sinnreich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murray, Williamson

Sinnreich, Richard Hart.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history--Study and teaching.

Military history.

Military art and science.

Physical Description:

ix, 287 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Contents:

Introduction / Williamson Murray and Richard Hart Sinnreich

Military history and the history of war / Michael Howard

The relevance of history to the military profession : a British view / John P. Kiszely

The relevance of history to the military profession : an American marine's view / Paul K. Van Riper

Awkward partners : military history and American military education / Richard Hart Sinnreich

Thoughts on military history and the profession of arms / Williamson Murray

Thucydides as educator / Paul A. Rahe

Clausewitz, history, and the future strategic world / Colin S. Gray

History and the nature of strategy / John Gooch

Military transformation in long periods of peace : the Victorian Royal Navy / Andrew Gordon

Military history and the pathology of lessons learned : the Russo-Japanese War, a case study / Jonathan B.A. Bailey

Obstacles to innovation and readiness : the British Army's experience, 1918-1939 / J. Paul Harris

What history suggests about terrorism and its future / Christopher C. Harmon

History and future of civil-military relations : bridging the gaps / Francis G. Hoffman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

052185377X

0521619637

OCLC:

61757977

Publisher Number:

9780521853774

9780521619639

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