By Mie Augier and Wayne Hughes
“The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.”1
– Variously attributed to Thucydides and 19th Century British General Sir Wm. F. Butler
Introduction
Last year we reflected on the topic of innovation in military organizations,2 and hinted at the roles of education in developing strategic leaders of adaptive organizations. In the light of current debates and senior DoD/DoN emphasis on education and critical and strategic thinking (including recent Navy initiatives and the newly released Education for Seapower report), here we elaborate on some aspects of the role of professional military education in more detail.3
