The Past as Prologue: The Importance of History to the Military Profession
"Military historians and strategists will come away from this book with a stronger awareness of their responsibilities to assess continuities critically and to offer correctives to those who assert that technological innovation means the Western world has reached the end of traditional military history."-P. Whitney Lackenbauer, St. Jerome's University,  Canadian Journal of History"The Past as Prologue...attempts to demonstrate the importance of understanding history. In fact it doesn't simply attempt, it succeeds...The Past as Prologue is a must-read by senior military and a should-read by senior policy makers."-Lt Claude Berube, U.S. Navy Reserve, Proceedings