Sir William Johnson: Lessons-Learned from an Irregular Warfighter

Abstract

As the United States enters its tenth year of conflict against Islamic terrorists, the nation's military services seek to provide their mid-grade officers with educations that promote adaptive and creative problem solving for increasingly complex battlefields. The study of relevant historical figures can contribute positive lessons-learned to the contemporary military officer One such person is Sir William Johnson, a British Indian Agent during the mid-eighteenth century in North America. By examining Johnson through the a contemporary lens, namely the four elements of national power, Army and Marine Corps officers can learn valuable traits that are applicable on modern, often irregular battlefields

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA600846

Entities

People

  • John J. Montgomery

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • American Revolution
  • Battlefields
  • Commerce
  • Continents
  • Education
  • Geographic Regions
  • Iraqi-War
  • Lessons Learned
  • Marine Corps
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • New York
  • North America
  • Training
  • United States

Readers

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