Thinking beyond the Books: Sociological Biases of Our Military Institutions

Abstract

Professional military reading lists have expanded in recent years so that now nearly every senior organizational seat or position presents some recommendedseries of books or articles. As institutions, most militaries have reading lists for various groups and audiences as a means of fostering professional developmentand improving organizational knowledge. This article focuses on the American military (US Air Force and US Army) since that institution continues toexert significant international influence across the greater military profession. For the Air Force and Army, diverse reading lists tend to encourage positive narrativeson academic development with subtle additional devices designed for nurturing a particular institutional legacy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1015708

Entities

People

  • Ben Zweibelson

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Language
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Observers
  • Personality
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Quadrants
  • Societies
  • Sociology
  • Students
  • Terrorists
  • Thinking
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.