Warriors for Peace

The Next Generation of U.S. Military Leaders

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7665126
AutoresVolker C Franke (0000-0002-9737-621X, Global Affairs Institute at Syracuse University; Department of Political Science, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1090, autor de correspondencia)
Año1997
Volumen24
Número1
Páginas33-57
Fecha de publicación1997-10-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArmed Forces & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0095-327X • E-ISSN: 1556-0848
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0095327x9702400102
OpenAlexW1983600303
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10

This article examines the extent to which military socialization at the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point prepares future officers cognitively for the changing security requirements of the post-Cold War world. The increasing involvement of U.S. armed forces in operations other than war (OOTW) requires officers to shift with mounting frequency from warfighting to peacekeeping and back again as missions change. The article contends that the Army's readiness to serve the nation's interests in the future can best be ensured if officers are committed to both the military's traditional combat roles and to its many new noncombat functions. Using survey methods, the article examines the social, political, and professional attitudes and values of cadets at the USMA in order to measure the effects of military socialization on their level of commitment to the Army's post-Cold War roles

Cold war · Military justice · Military operations other than war · Military personnel · Military psychology · Military science · Military sociology · Operational level of war · Peacekeeping · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Red Army's tactics in World War II · Revolution in Military Affairs · Socialization · Spanish Civil War · Defense, Military, and Policy Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Military History and Strategy · Psychology · Public Administration · Social Psychology