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Military Brass Vs. Civilian Academics at the National War College
Howard J. Wiarda
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Description for Military Brass Vs. Civilian Academics at the National War College
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, maps, figures. BIC Classification: JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
The National War College at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., is the apex of the American system of military Professional Military Education (PME) Schools. The War College has trained such leading foreign policy specialists as former National Security Director Brent Scowcroft, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and current National Security Director James Jones. Yet, despite its prestige, not all is right at the College. There is a festering conflict between the military brass who run the school and the civilian academics who teach there. The curriculum is outdated, the courses are old-fashioned, and the college failed completely to ... Read more
The National War College at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C., is the apex of the American system of military Professional Military Education (PME) Schools. The War College has trained such leading foreign policy specialists as former National Security Director Brent Scowcroft, former Secretary of State Colin Powell, and current National Security Director James Jones. Yet, despite its prestige, not all is right at the College. There is a festering conflict between the military brass who run the school and the civilian academics who teach there. The curriculum is outdated, the courses are old-fashioned, and the college failed completely to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780739150856
SKU
V9780739150856
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About Howard J. Wiarda
Howard J. Wiarda is Dean Rusk Professor of International Relations at the University of Georgia and author of Think Tanks and Foreign Policy: The Foreign Policy Research Institute and Presidential Politics, Harvard and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs (WCFIA): Foreign Policy Research Center and Incubator of Presidential Advisors, and Conservative Brain Trust: The Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of ... Read more
Reviews for Military Brass Vs. Civilian Academics at the National War College
Based on his personal experience, Wiarda provides a candid and critical analysis of the military-civilian academic cultural divide at NWC, the failure of the military to assign officers with requisite academic qualifications and dispositions to leadership positions at NWC and the National Defense University, and the adverse consequences of this failure on the open exchange of ideas and critical thinking ... Read more