Aiming for Educated Officers: Curriculum Evolution in Early Professional Military Education in the United States, 1880-1914

Abstract

After the Civil War, the introduction of new weapons and changing tactical operations led military leaders in the United States to recognize the changing nature of warfare and the need for "development of career officers prepared not only in the technical aspects of military affairs but in the higher arts of strategy and warfare." Reform-minded officers, Brigadier General Emory Upton in the Army and Commodore Stephen B Luce in the Navy, worked tirelessly for the establishment of specially designed schools where officers could study their craft. Thus, the need for education of military officers beyond their practical, academy or college-based, training provided the impetus for the establishment of schools that would eventually form the nucleus of today's Professional Military Education (PME) system of command and staff colleges and war colleges for military officers in the United States.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 02, 2007
Accession Number
ADA462895

Entities

People

  • Lynn M. Burlbaw
  • William R. Donovan

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Doctrine
  • Geography
  • Instructors
  • International Law
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Students
  • United States Military Academy
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.