Soldiers and scholars : military education and national policy / by John Wesley Masland and Laurence I. Radway.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Masland, John Wesley, author.

Radway, Lawrence I., author.

Series:

Princeton Legacy Library

Princeton Legacy Library ; 2348

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military education--United States.

Military education.

United States--Foreign relations--20th century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (551 p.)

Place of Publication:

Princeton University Press : Princeton, New Jersey, 1957.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The traditional distinction between military and political affairs in American life has become less significant as military officers increasingly participate with civilians in the formulation of national policies. In an examination of the impact of this change upon professional military education, the authors present a forthright analysis of military responsibility today, the growth of education for policy roles, the form and content of that education, and its relation to the over-all duties of the armed forces. They have used hundreds of interviews and questionnaires and studied carefully the history and programs of the military academies, ROTC, Command and Staff Schools, Armed Forces Staff College, National War College, three service War Colleges, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, and other institutions.Originally published in 1957.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

A NOTE ON METHOD AND SOURCES

CONTENTS

PART ONE. MILITARY RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE MODERN AGE

1. THE VARIETY OF MILITARY EXPERIENCE

2. QUALIFICATIONS FOR HIGH LEVEL POLICY ROLES

PART TWO. THE GROWTH OF MILITARY EDUCATION FOR POLICY ROLES

3. THE ORGANIZATION OF MILITARY TRAINING AND EDUCATION

4. THE EVOLUTION OF MILITARY EDUCATION

5. EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

6. UNDERGRADUATE MILITARY EDUCATION IN THE POSTWAR DECADE

7. POSTWAR PLANS FOR ADVANCED MILITARY EDUCATION

8. POSTWAR DEVELOPMENT OF THE SENIOR JOINT AND SERVICE COLLEGES

PART THREE. UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION: PREPARING FOR A MILITARY CAREER

9. THE MISSION AND ORGANIZATION OF THE SERVICE ACADEMIES

10. THE CURRICULA AND INSTRUCTION OF THE SERVICE ACADEMIES

11. AN EVALUATION OF THE SERVICE ACADEMIES

12. ROTC AND OTHER UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION

PART FOUR. INTERMEDIATE MILITARY EDUCATION

13. PREPARING FOR MILITARY ASSIGNMENTS

14. THE ARMED FORCES STAFF COLLEGE

PART FIVE. SENIOR MILITARY EDUCATION

15. ORGANIZATION AND METHODS OF THE WAR COLLEGES

16. THE CURRICULA OF THE WAR COLLEGES

17. AN APPRAISAL OF INSTRUCTION IN THE WAR COLLEGES

18. THE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE OF THE ARMED FORCES

19. THE SENIOR COLLEGES EVALUATED

PART SIX. HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE ARMED FORCES

20. THE SCHOOLS AND THE SERVICES

21. THE PREDICAMENT OF JOINT MILITARY EDUCATION

22. EDUCATION FOR POLICY ROLES: SOME FINAL OBSERVATIONS

APPENDIX. A NOTE ON OFFICERS IN POLICY ROLES

INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

"A note on method and sources": p. xv-xvii.

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ISBN:

9780691652948

0691652945

9781400879069

140087906X

OCLC:

966762059