A Historical Analysis of Basic Air Force Doctrine Education within the United States States Air Force Air Command and Staff College, 1947-1987.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the historical treatment of Air Force basic doctrine within the Air Force Professional Military Education System. The curricula of one specific component of this system, namely the Air Command and Staff College, was located and analyzed. The reason this research was undertaken was to answer the criticisms of several authors who have contended that the Air Force has historically not conducted education in its basic doctrine. This failure has led, maintain the critics, to poor performance in war. The study had three objectives. The first was to determine if the Air Force had conducted doctrinal education. The second was to examine the context in which this education had taken place. The third objective was to determine the existence of historical trends in the area of doctrinal.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA187184

Entities

People

  • James A. Harrold

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Military Applications
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Students
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Strategic Security Studies