Flying High, Thinking Big

[...] it should follow Army General David Petraeus's advice and send more officers to civilian graduate programs for advanced degrees, especially in topics germane to strategy and war.2 Second, it needs to systematically provide officers opportunities to increase their mental agility and capaci...

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Published inThe American interest Vol. 4; no. 5; p. 87
Main Author Ruby, Tom
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington The American Interest 01.05.2009
Subjects
Armed forces
Cognition & reasoning
Colleges & universities
Early retirement
Education
Leadership
Military aircraft
World War II
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Summary:[...] it should follow Army General David Petraeus's advice and send more officers to civilian graduate programs for advanced degrees, especially in topics germane to strategy and war.2 Second, it needs to systematically provide officers opportunities to increase their mental agility and capacity to reason logically, for that is the best protection against panic under duress. [...] as a matter of routine, it needs to deploy officers with advanced degrees to combat locations where they can interrogate and hopefully improve the strategies being used.
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ISSN:1556-5777
2163-5099