| ID | 149020 |
| Title Proper | Learning to fight and fighting to learn |
| Other Title Information | practitioners and the role of unit publications in Viii fighter command 1943–1944 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Kollars, Nina A ; Santora, Andrew ; Muller, Richard R |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | A military cannot hope to improve in wartime if it cannot learn. Ideally, in wartime, formal learning ceases and the application of knowledge begins. But this is optimistic. In 1942, USAAF Eighth Air Force assumed it had the means necessary for victory. In reality, its technique and technology were only potentially – rather than actually – effective. What remained was to create the practice of daylight bombing – to learn. This article (1) recovers a wartime learning process that created new knowledge, (2) tests existing tacit hypotheses in military adaptation research, and (3) offers additional theoretical foundation to explain how knowledge is created in wartime |
| `In' analytical Note | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol. 39, No.7; Dec 2016: p.1044-1067 |
| Journal Source | Journal of Strategic Studies Vol: 39 No 7 |
| Key Words | Organizational Learning ; Military Innovation ; Military Adaptation ; Knowledge Creation ; Daylight Bombing ; Eighth Air Force |