Military History: Key to Successful Leadership

Abstract

Studying military history is an important part of being a leader. Leaders can prevent repeating mistakes or reproducing a trend by studying the history of yesterdays Army and applying the lessons learned. Studying history can point out "what not to do" and provide insight on what can be done to ensure a successful mission. Military history serves as a continuous education model that makes up the shortfalls of standardized training or inexperienced leaders. Many people say history is boring or irrelevant, but if they pay attention they can identify the importance of it.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2008
Accession Number
AD1117265

Entities

People

  • Richard Iii Watson

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Army
  • Artillery
  • Battlefields
  • Battles
  • Civilian Population
  • Cold War
  • Education
  • El Salvador
  • Fire Support
  • History
  • Indirect Fire
  • Insurgency
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military History
  • Noncommissioned Officers
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design