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Title The past as prologue : the importance of history to the military profession / edited by Williamson Murray, Richard Hart Sinnreich.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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 Moore Stacks  U27 .P28 2006    Available  ---
Description ix, 287 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction / Williamson Murray and Richard Hart Sinnreich -- Military history and the history of war / Michael Howard -- The relevance of history to the military profession : a British view / John P. Kiszely -- The relevance of history to the military profession : an American marine's view / Paul K. Van Riper -- Awkward partners : military history and American military education / Richard Hart Sinnreich -- Thoughts on military history and the profession of arms / Williamson Murray -- Thucydides as educator / Paul A. Rahe -- Clausewitz, history, and the future strategic world / Colin S. Gray -- History and the nature of strategy / John Gooch -- Military transformation in long periods of peace : the Victorian Royal Navy / Andrew Gordon -- Military history and the pathology of lessons learned : the Russo-Japanese War, a case study / Jonathan B.A. Bailey -- Obstacles to innovation and readiness : the British Army's experience, 1918-1939 / J. Paul Harris -- What history suggests about terrorism and its future / Christopher C. Harmon -- History and future of civil-military relations : bridging the gaps / Francis G. Hoffman.
Subject Military history -- Study and teaching.
Military history -- Study and teaching.
Military history.
Military art and science.
Military art and science.
Added Author Murray, Williamson.
Sinnreich, Richard Hart.
ISBN 0521619637 paperback
052185377X hardback
9780521853774 hardback
9780521619639 paperback