Why Military History? (10.1007/s12129-008-9047-9)
Lt. Gen. Josiah Bunting III, Intercollegiate Studies Institute
Interest in military history is as strong as it has ever been—except on American college campuses. Lt. Gen. Josiah Bunting III examines why today’s undergraduates need to study the facts of war, and why knowing its causes and consequences remain a vital part of our common knowledge.
Breaching the Walls of Academe:
The Purposes, Problems, and Prospects of Military History (10.1007/s12129-008-9044-z)
John A. Lynn II, University of Illinois
Military history faces a dire fate. Fewer and fewer colleges and universities today regard the historical study of military institutions and practices a worthy social, and therefore scholarly, charge. John Lynn enters this debate, examining the state of military history, which he defines in terms of three genres: popular, applied, and academic. Describing the disdain many
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