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Sometimes a book review is a great read unto itself - and here is one that is such.
"“In order to meet its challenges, the military profession must engage in a thoughtful and focused reconsideration of its own past.”[3] The thesis of the book centers on the need for a more interdisciplinary approach to military professionalism, marrying the idea of professional competence to the idea of wisdom as a way forward. Bonadonna defines military professionalism in terms of the following concepts:
Knowledge,
Cognition,
Beliefs,
Compensations,
Communication,
Leadership, and
Trust and Character."
"“In order to meet its challenges, the military profession must engage in a thoughtful and focused reconsideration of its own past.”[3] The thesis of the book centers on the need for a more interdisciplinary approach to military professionalism, marrying the idea of professional competence to the idea of wisdom as a way forward. Bonadonna defines military professionalism in terms of the following concepts:
Knowledge,
Cognition,
Beliefs,
Compensations,
Communication,
Leadership, and
Trust and Character."
#Reviewing Soldiers and Civilization
Posted from thestrategybridge.org
Leadership
Leadership Development
Military History
Posted 7 y ago
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An interesting coincidence. While an Infantry Officer Candidate I delivered an oral book report on a similar subject. My focus was the theory that Pearl Harbor had been set up as a tantalizing target for the Japanese to provide an excuse for the US to enter WWII. My discussion revolved around the responsibility of military officers to follow orders in perpetrating such a scheme vs resisting them to avoid the calamity that was bound to ensue. Ultimately, I argued that the results were necessary and providential while the alternative might not have been. Thus, as professional military members, we could again be faced with the same issues of "knowledge, cognition, beliefs, compensations, communications, leadership, trust, and character". I think I will have to read this book.
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