In this Book
- Soldiers and Scholars: Military Education and National Policy
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Princeton University Press
- Series: Princeton Legacy Library
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.
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Table of Contents
- A Note on Method and Sources
- pp. xv-xviii
- Part 1. Military Responsibilities in the Modern Age
- Part 2. The Growth of Military Education for Policy Roles
- Part 3. Undergraduate Education: Preparing for a Military Career
- 11. An Evaluation of the Service Academies
- pp. 232-249
- 12. ROTC and Other Undergraduate Education
- pp. 250-272
- Part 4. Intermediate Military Education
- 13. Preparing for Military Assignments
- pp. 275-306
- 14. The Armed Forces Staff College
- pp. 307-316
- Part 5. Senior Military Education
- 16. The Curricula of the War Colleges
- pp. 342-367
- 19. The Senior Colleges Evaluated
- pp. 416-440
- Part 6. Higher Education in the Armed Forces
- 20. The Schools and the Services
- pp. 443-472
- Appendix: A Note on Officers in Policy Roles
- pp. 513-520