TY - JOUR
T1 - Captains of War
T2 - History in Professional Military Education
AU - Halewood, Louis
AU - Morgan-Owen, David
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© RUSI Journal 2021.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This article examines the role of history in professional military education (PME) in light of the recent US Joint Chiefs of Staff’s guidance on achieving ‘intellectual overmatch’. Louis Halewood and David Morgan-Owen argue that a narrow approach to the past, underpinned by preconceived notions of ‘relevance’, undermines what ability history has to serve the aims of military education. History need not be ‘applied’ to make it valuable, as its study can provide a broader understanding of warfare. Only by treating history more seriously, and by meaningfully engaging with the legacies of Britain’s own military past, can the discipline contribute to modern PME
AB - This article examines the role of history in professional military education (PME) in light of the recent US Joint Chiefs of Staff’s guidance on achieving ‘intellectual overmatch’. Louis Halewood and David Morgan-Owen argue that a narrow approach to the past, underpinned by preconceived notions of ‘relevance’, undermines what ability history has to serve the aims of military education. History need not be ‘applied’ to make it valuable, as its study can provide a broader understanding of warfare. Only by treating history more seriously, and by meaningfully engaging with the legacies of Britain’s own military past, can the discipline contribute to modern PME
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U2 - 10.1080/03071847.2021.1876526
DO - 10.1080/03071847.2021.1876526
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85100596065
SN - 0307-1847
VL - 165
SP - 46
EP - 54
JO - The RUSI Journal
JF - The RUSI Journal
IS - 7
ER -