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"WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN..."
  • WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CHRONOLOGIST AND A HISTORIAN?


  • (1)  CHRONOLOGIST:  RECORDS “FACTS”


  •   HISTORIAN:  INTERPRETS,
  •       ANALYSES, AND DRAWS
  •       CONCLUSIONS


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"HISTORY – THE STUDY OF..."
  •  HISTORY – THE STUDY OF MAN’S PAST,
  • PLACED WITHIN A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORD,
  • WHICH, THROUGH THE USE OF APPROPRIATE SOURCES,
  • RESULTS IN INTERPRETIVE CONCLUSIONS,
  • COMPILED IN AN APPROPRIATE FORM.
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"MILITARY HISTORY –"
  • MILITARY HISTORY –


  • THE STUDY OF MAN’S ORGANIZED CONFLICT,
  • ON A VARIETY OF LEVELS,
  • WHICH LEADS TO GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF WAR
  • AND MAN’S ABILITY TO CONDUCT IT.
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"“ NO SOURCE ANSWERS A..."
  •   “ NO SOURCE ANSWERS A QUESTION NOT ASKED”
  • …
  • BUT SOURCE ANALYSIS (AND A FINAL WORK) IS CRITICAL!
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"SOURCES – DOCUMENT:"
  •   SOURCES – DOCUMENT: WRITTEN
  •                         DOCUMENT: PRINTED
  •                         WITNESS / PARTICIPANT
  •                         PAINTING/PHOTOGRAPHS
  •                         ARTIFACT
  •                         STRUCTURE/MOMUMENT
  •                           and STATUE
  •                        TERRAIN/SITE
  •                         FILM
  •                         BOOK


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DOCUMENTS
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PAINTING/PHOTOGRAPHS
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Statues and Monuments – (I)



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Statues and Monuments – (II)



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The Artifact!





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ISSUE:  Shoulder Sleeve Insignia
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What does this picture tell you
about these troops?
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TERRAIN/SITE
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SITE VISIT:  HADRIAN’S WALL
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SITE VISIT, CONSIDERATION OF:  ANTIETAM
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FILM
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USMC ON FILM – I:  JOHN WAYNE
  • The Troops!
  • The Officers!





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USMC ON FILM – II: THE BASICS
  • Recruit Training!
  • (Starring Jack Webb as… “The D.I.”
  • Officer Training!
  • (Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley)
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THE BOOK!
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SOME
RESEARCH

(AND READING)

 CONSIDERATIONS
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“HALO” EFFECT (BIAS)
  • (POSITIVE OF NEGATIVE)
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OBJECTIVITY
  • U.S. MARINE – MARINE CORPS
  •                           U.S. ARMY
  •                           GERMANOPHILES
  •                           ANGLOPHILES
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OBJECTIVITY (HALO EFFECT)
  • PERSONAL EXAMPLE -
  • R.A.F, FIGHTER COMMAND, AND THE BATTLE OF BRITIAN -  POSITIVE


  • PROBLEM: ENCOUNTER ROYAL AIR FORCE RECORDS IN RESEARCH


  • COMPENSATE: MUST EMPHASIZE MORE CRITICAL EVALUATION
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"MATTERS OF PERSPECTIVE:"
  • MATTERS OF PERSPECTIVE:
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"PERSPECTIVES:"
  • PERSPECTIVES:
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"COLONEL VANDEGRIFT TO COLONEL MATAGUCHI"
  • COLONEL VANDEGRIFT TO COLONEL MATAGUCHI:
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"COLONEL MATAGUCHI TO COLONEL VANDEGRIFT"
  • COLONEL MATAGUCHI TO COLONEL VANDEGRIFT:
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"PERSPECTIVE:"
  • PERSPECTIVE: THE BRITISH WAR
  • EFFORT IN WORLD WAR II


  • (1)  NORTH AFRICA SPECIALISTS –
  •              FOCUS


  • (2)  REALITY:  PRESPECTIVE OF
  •              LONDON
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"THE FOCUS OF LONDON:"
  • THE FOCUS OF LONDON:
  •    (1)  GLOBAL CONFLICT
  •    (2)  NORTH AFRICA ONLY ONE OF MANY
  •          CONCERNS
  •    (3)  MANY THEATRES; SEA, AIR, and GROUND
  •         OPERATIONS; DEFENSE OF THE U.K.; ALLIED
  •         and NUETRAL RELATIONS; STRATEGY,
  •         OPERATIONS, and TACTICS; FINANCES;
  •         DIPLOMACY; TECHNOLOGY; THE HOME
  •         EFFORT;EMPIRE POST WAR PLANNING; and
  •         POST WAR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION
  •         and WAR CRIMES TRIALS
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"NORTH AFRICA FOCUS:"
  • NORTH AFRICA FOCUS:
  • THE ASSOCIATED AREAS AND EVENTS (“LOCALISTIS”)
  •  (1)  The Mediterranean SLOCs
  •  (2)  The Suez Canal, Malta,
  •         and Gibraltar
  •  (3)  The Italians
  •  (4)  The Germans
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"STEREOTYPES"
  • STEREOTYPES
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"STEREOTYPES (I)"
  • STEREOTYPES (I)


  • “ALL GERMANS ARE PRUSSIANS”
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"STEREOTYPES (II)"
  • STEREOTYPES (II)


  •    “THE GERMAN ARMY DID NOT LIGHTLY BESTOW THE RANK OF UNTERFELDWEBEL, AND THE GERMAN OFFICERS HAD THE GOOD SENSE TO LET THE SERGEANTS RUN THEIR ARMY…UNLIKE GERMANS, AMERICANS TEND TO CHAFE AT THE REGIMENTATION OF MILITARY LIFE.”
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"BEWARE:"
  • BEWARE:  THE ILLUSION OF AND CAPTURE OF MYTH


  • EXAMPLE: WORLD WAR II U.S. STRATEGIC PIN POINT BOMBING


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"TIME AWARENESS"
  • TIME AWARENESS
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TIME AND GEOGRAPHICAL AWARENESS
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"TIME – DISTANCE – COMMUNICATION..."
  • TIME – DISTANCE – COMMUNICATION FACTORS


  • (1)  ERA
  • (2)  MEANS OF TRAVEL
  • (3)  METHODS OF
  •                    COMMUNICATION
  • (4)  DISTANCE
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TIME – DISTANCE – COMMUNICATION FACTORS
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CONTEXT:  ERA, PLANNING, AND FRICTION - 1914
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CONTEMPORARY SITE, PROBLEMS OF (SALEM CHURCH, FREDERICKSBUIRG)
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"CONCLUSIONS"
  • CONCLUSIONS
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"VALUE OF HISTORY:"
  • VALUE OF HISTORY:


  • (1)  INSIGHT
  • (2)  PERSPECTIVE
  • (3)  UNDERSTANDING
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"THE KEY APPROACH:"
  • THE KEY APPROACH:


  • INQUIRE “HOW” AND “WHY” NOT “WHEN,” “WHERE,” OR “WHAT.”
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"“ONLY A FOOL LEARNS..."

  •    “ONLY A FOOL LEARNS FROM HIS OWN EXPERIENCE; I PREFER TO LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCES OF OTHERS.”


  • -- BISMARK
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FINAL REFLECTIVE COMMENT! (I)

“Several years ago the authors were among a group of historians at Carlisle tasked to develop a list of battles in history where one side “had fought outnumbered and won.”  Obviously Chancellorsville was prominently on the list that dutifully made its way to the Pentagon.
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FINAL REFLECTIVE COMMENT! (II)

None of us had the courage, unfortunately, to point out the obvious:  whatever gave Lee the victory, it works best when Hooker is the opposing commander.”

-- Jay Luvaas and Harold W. Nelson
U.S. Army War College Guide to the Battles of Chancellorsville & Fredericksburg (1988), p. xvii
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QUESTIONS?