The Benefit of Studying Military History

Abstract

It seems that most of todays Soldiers have a lack of interest in military history. Have we as leaders failed to impress upon them the importance of the past and the lessons learned? Has todays optempo in keeping up with current operations clouded our view for what has transpired in our history? I will prove throughout this paper with supporting evidence from the Battle of the Kasserine Pass, Task Force Smith, and the Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) of the Vietnam War that it is imperative that we, the leaders of todays Army implement military history into our busy schedules.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2008
Accession Number
AD1136165

Entities

People

  • Sondra L. Helton

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Anti-Tank Guns
  • Army
  • Battlefields
  • Battles
  • Economic Development
  • History
  • Infantry
  • Iraqi-War
  • Korean War
  • Lessons Learned
  • Low Intensity Conflict
  • Military History
  • Second World War
  • Tank Warfare
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States
  • Vietnam War
  • War
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.