A Brave New Curriculum for a Brave New World?

Abstract

The Naval War College, like all other defense institutions, is reeling from the rapid changes in the security outlook. From the crumbling of the Soviet empire to the crumbling domestic support for military outlays, the U. S. defense establishment faces challenges to many of the basic defense planning assumptions of the past decade. As Capt. John H. Heidt of the Naval War College commented, The threat is no longer the Russians. The threat is uncertainty. Adjusting to the rapidly changing environment is a challenge that has to be met if the safe future for the nation is to be secured --adapting the education and training of the nations's future military leaders to the changing environment is one means to ensure appropriate defense policies in the future. One is forced to wonder whether the nation's war colleges require brave new curricula for the brave new world of the coming decades.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA234351

Entities

People

  • Adam B. Siegel

Organizations

  • Center for Naval Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Amphibious Operations
  • Arms Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Defense Planning
  • Doctrine
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Students
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Economics
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.