History Studied for Future Military Success

Abstract

Studying military history is both necessary and critical to successful accomplishment of future military engagements. Comparisons of military events in history such as Task Force Smith and the 507th Maintenance Company, Counterinsurgency in the Philippines and Iraq, and Reconstruction in both the Civil War and Iraq demonstrates how history has a tendency of repeating itself. History helps us understand how the society we live in came to be. Additionally, it is critically important to arm our Soldiers with a better understanding of the past and develop leaders who understand war.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2008
Accession Number
AD1105679

Entities

People

  • James W. Penton
  • Linda Richardson

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Army
  • Artillery
  • Civil Rights
  • Civil War
  • Civil War (United States)
  • Counterinsurgency
  • History
  • Iraqi-War
  • Lessons Learned
  • Maintenance
  • Military History
  • Prisoners Of War
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • War
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • History
  • Sociology

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.