Reforming the Military Schoolhouse
THE old joke about military intelligence being an oxymoron reveals a common societal bias about the role of independent thought in military operations. Indeed, so deep is this societal prejudice that the military often embraces it itself. The culture of military “professionalism” is often a stron...
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| Format: | Commentary |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82618 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40205 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | THE old joke about military intelligence being an oxymoron reveals a common societal
bias about the role of independent thought in military operations. Indeed, so deep is
this societal prejudice that the military often embraces it itself. The culture of military
“professionalism” is often a strongly anti- intellectual one, conditioned on an ethic
of practice as opposed to one of intellectual reflection. Many an officer’s career has been
terminated early by the assessment that he “styles himself an academic”. |
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