Accession Number:

AD1023591

Title:

Learning To Lead: How Winston Churchill And George Marshall Harvested Their WWI Experience

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

Air Command and Staff College Maxwell Air Force Base United States

Personal Author(s):

• Putman,Jeremy S.

Report Date:

2014-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

43.0

Abstract:

This paper examines the threads that connect the WWI experiences of Winston Churchill and George Marshall to their successes in the Second World War. The learning process engaged in by Churchill and Marshall corresponds well with modern experiential education theory. This correlation appears to explain their success to some degree. The conclusion drawn is that the experiential learning techniques applied by Churchill and Marshall during the interwar period should be utilized in the development of todays military officers.

Descriptors:

• military history
• second world war
• first world war
• lessons learned
• leadership
• officer personnel
• battles
• international organizations

Subject Categories:

• Military Forces and Organizations
• Humanities and History

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE