Learning To Lead: How Winston Churchill And George Marshall Harvested Their WWI Experience

Abstract

This paper examines the threads that connect the WWI experiences of Winston Churchill and George Marshall to their successes in the Second World War. The learning process engaged in by Churchill and Marshall corresponds well with modern experiential education theory. This correlation appears to explain their success to some degree. The conclusion drawn is that the experiential learning techniques applied by Churchill and Marshall during the interwar period should be utilized in the development of todays military officers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1023591

Entities

People

  • Jeremy S. Putman

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Education
  • First World War
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Instructors
  • International Organizations
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Science
  • New York
  • Schools
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War
  • Warfare

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  • Ballistic Missile Meteorology
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.