The Past as Prologue The Importance of History to the Military Profession

• Main Authors: Murray, Williamson, Sinnreich, Richard Hart
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge ; New York Cambridge University Press 08.05.2006
• Edition: 1
• Subjects: Armed forces; Civil-military relations; Military art and science; Military history; Military history > Study and teaching; Military theory; Strategic studies; Study and teaching

In today's military of rapid technological and strategic change, obtaining a complete understanding of the present, let alone the past, is a formidable challenge. Yet the very high rate of change today makes study of the past more important than ever before. The Past as Prologue, first publishe...