SOME ASPECTS OF TRAINING AT MILITARY ACADEMIES

dc.creator	J.P.B. Van Loggerenberg
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:09:01Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:09:01Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/7-1-826
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/78baaf9639444bdd84a3c92907d7b0bd
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8660
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/78baaf9639444bdd84a3c92907d7b0bd
dc.description	When the South African Defence Force established the Military Academy in 1950 in order to provide higher education for career officers, many eyebrows were raised at this innovative step. The Union Defence Force had, after all, just emerged as co-victors from World War II and managed quite well with an officers corps where degrees were conspicuous by their absence. There was, furthermore, a vague but widespread feeling that academical training was synonymous with pure 'theory', whilst war required 'practical' men with 'practical' experience. As many considered theory and practice to be mutually exclusive, dire predictions were made about the future efficiency of this 'army of professors'.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/826
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2012)
dc.subject	South African Defence Force
dc.subject	Military Academy
dc.subject	1950
dc.subject	Union Defence Force
dc.subject	Kriegsakademie
dc.subject	Ecole Militaire Supérieure
dc.subject	US Naval Academy
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
dc.subject	U
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	SOME ASPECTS OF TRAINING AT MILITARY ACADEMIES
dc.type	Article