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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Main Author: Mitchell, Paul T.
Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-826182020-11-01T07:51:11Z Reforming the Military Schoolhouse Mitchell, Paul T. S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science 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”. 2016-03-03T03:51:52Z 2019-12-06T14:59:04Z 2016-03-03T03:51:52Z 2019-12-06T14:59:04Z 2007 Commentary Mitchell, P. T. (2007). Reforming the Military Schoolhouse. (RSIS Commentaries, No. 011). RSIS Commentaries. Singapore: Nanyang Technological University. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82618 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40205 en RSIS Commentaries, 011-07 Nanyang Technological University 3 p. application/pdf
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Reforming the Military Schoolhouse
description 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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