Teaching Military History: Civilian Higher Ed v. PME

Written By Jacqueline Whitt

In this podcast, Jacqueline Whitt (Professor of Strategy, Army War College) and Mary Elizabeth Walters (Assistant Professor, Air Command and Staff College) discuss some of the differences between teaching military history at civilian higher ed institutions compared to professional military education (PME). They touch on topics such as teaching traditional military history versus applied military history, the challenges of each world and moving from one to the other, how to reach students coming into the classroom from a wide variety of backgrounds, as well as curriculum development and course structure.

Jacqueline Whitt

Jacqueline Whitt is the Dwight D. Eisenhower Chair of National Security Studies and Associate Professor of Strategy at the US Army War College. She is also the Editor in Chief of WAR ROOM. She holds a PhD in military and American history from UNC-Chapel HIll and has taught at West Point, the Air War College, and the US Army War College. She writes about strategic theory and the social and cultural history of the US military.

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