Why We Should Study Military History

Abstract

There are a lot of reasons why Military History should remain in schools, both civilian and military. Recently a professor at Harvard University was denied tenure due to her radical history lessons. This paper will point out some examples of why we should continue to study military history. Some reasons to continue to study military history are (a) it helps our congressional leaders understand what events will determine when to declare war, (b) past mistakes of our past leaders, (c) what could be an affect of a military drawdown, and (d) the study of mistakes by commanders will help train and prevent the unnecessary loss of American lives in future wars.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 19, 2007
Accession Number
AD1135932

Entities

People

  • Gregory P. Hampton

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan
  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Army
  • Education
  • Governments
  • History
  • Korea
  • Law
  • Military History
  • National Security
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • Schools
  • South Korea
  • Students
  • Task Forces
  • Terrorists
  • Training
  • United States
  • War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies