The Educating of Armies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Introduction: The Concepts of ‘Training’ and ‘Education’ in a Military Context

   • Kenneth Lawson

   Pages 1-12

3. The Education and Training of Military Elites

   • Gwyn Harries-Jenkins

   Pages 13-38

4. Educating the United States Army

   • Clinton L. Anderson

   Pages 39-74

5. Education in the British Army

   • Denis Ryan

   Pages 75-89

6. The Training of the Swedish Army

   • Björn Swärdenheim

   Pages 90-107

7. Education in the Israel Defence Force: Purposes and Processes of Change

   • Nissim Soloman

   Pages 108-114

8. Educating the Soviet Armed Forces: A Contemporary View

   • Richard Woff

   Pages 115-186

9. Educating China’s Military

   • Harlan W. Jencks

   Pages 187-203

10. The Cuban Armed Forces

    • Francis Lambert

    Pages 204-212

11. Education in the Indonesian Army

    • Charles D. McFetridge

    Pages 213-228

12. Conclusion: The Educating of Armies

    • Michael D. Stephens

    Pages 229-234

13. Back Matter

    Pages 235-237

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An exploration of the underlying philosophy and the practice of the training of soldiers in a number of countries, including Britain, America, Cuba, the USSR, China, Indonesia, Israel and Sweden. Case studies have been chosen to illustrate the diversity of approach found in the modern world.

• army
• China
• education
• Israel
• philosophy
• state
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR)

• University of Nottingham, UK

  Michael D. Stephens

Policies and ethics