U.S. Army War College : Military Education In A Democracy

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815395903321
• Autore: Stiehm Judith Hicks
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2010
• ISBN: 1-282-89618-0; 9786612896187; 1-4399-0596-7
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Disciplina: 355.0071173; 355/.0071/173
• Soggetti: Army War College (U.S.); Democracy and education - United States; Military education - United States; Military education -- United States; Military education; Military & Naval Science; Law, Politics & Government; Military Science - General
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The War Colleges; 2. A History of the Army War College; 3. Army War College Students; 4. Army War College Faculty; 5. The Carlisle Experience; 6. The Cold War Curriculum at the Army War College; 7. The Curriculum in Transition, 1989-90; 8. The Peacetime Curriculum; 9. Army War College Administrators and College Policymakers; Conclusion; Notes; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: We are all familiar with ROTC, West Point, and other institutions that train young men and women to be military officers. But few people know of the U.S. Army War College, where the Army's elite career officers go for advanced training in strategy, national security policy, and military-government policymaking. This book takes readers inside the U.S. Army War College to learn about the faculty, staff, administration, and curriculum.Established in 1901, the school's ; mission has evolved from teaching the skills of war to training officers to negotiate both the complex world of modern strategy an