Training of Officers: From Military Professionalism to Irrelevance

by Martin L. Van Creveld

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Asserting that training reflects the changing nature of war itself, van Creveld traces the evolution of the education of military commanders from Pericles to Eisenhower, making specific recommendations for present reform.

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Martin Van Creveld was born in the Netherlands in 1946 and has lived in Israel since 1950. He has studied in Jerusalem and London, and since 1971 has been on the faculty of the History Department at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A specialist in military history and strategy, he is the author of seventeen books

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Nonfiction, History, Business
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355.3Society, government, & culturePublic administration & military scienceThe Military - Land, Air & Sea / WarfareOrganization and personnel of military forces
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U408.3 .V36Military ScienceMilitary science (General)Military education and training

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