The Next School of War: Educating for Tomorrow’s Battlefield
When war changes, schools change. New technology, the politics of mass mobilization and campaign design, and novel tactics that defined Napoleonic warfare led to Gerhard von Scharnhorst’s reforms and the idea of lifelong education as a professional obligation. The pattern repeated itself in the interwar period. In 1929, James Carson Breckinridge, a Marine officer, published “Some Thoughts on Service Schools” in the Marine Corps Gazette, calling for a new educational paradigm consistent with John
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Published: 12 August 2026
Source: War on the Rocks
Category: News
Topics: Military & security · Children & education
Retrieved: 13 August 2026
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