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The past as prologue : the importance of history to the military profession /
Exploring the usefulness of the study of history for contemporary military strategists, this volume illustrates the great importance of military history while simultaneously revealing the challenges of applying the past to the present. Essays from authors of diverse backgrounds--British and American...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Exploring the usefulness of the study of history for contemporary military strategists, this volume illustrates the great importance of military history while simultaneously revealing the challenges of applying the past to the present. Essays from authors of diverse backgrounds--British and American, Civilian and Military--present an overwhelming argument for the necessity of the study of the past by today's military leaders in spite of these challenges. Part I examines the relationship between history and the military profession. Part II explores specific historical cases that reveal the repetitiveness of certain military problems. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 287 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511219245 9780511219245 052185377X 0521619637 9780521853774 9780521619639 9780511221217 0511221215 0511220332 9780511220333 9780511818943 0511818947 128048019X 9781280480195 051121992X 9780511219924 |