From our good friend Commander Salamander we have an article the extract of which the first few paragraphs I have copied verbatim and done so unashamedly.
"Over the weekend I saw a few people commenting on Max Hastings's [Sir Max] latest over at Bloomberg, American Universities Declare War on Military History. I couldn't help but laugh at times the shock - SHOCK - some showed when reading it. My take is, 'Where have you been?'"
"Yet in centers of learning across North America, the study of the past in general, and of wars in particular, is in spectacular eclipse. History now accounts for a smaller share of undergraduate degrees than at any time since 1950. Whereas in 1970, 6% of American male and 5% of female students were history majors, the respective percentages are now less than 2% "
Centers of learning = those most elite universities and colleges.
I highly recommend all devoted readers to the blog the entire article without qualification. The study of history and particularly the study of WAR in the historical context low-on-the-totem-pole of intellectual pursuits. And done so primarily for ideological and political considerations.
A PROCESS THAT HAS BEEN ONGOING FOR AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS!! DISENCHANTMENT WITH AMERICAN INVOLVEMENT IN THE SECOND-INDO CHINA WAR UNDENIABLY AS THE CATALYST.
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