Ten Questions West Point Does Not Ask Cadets – But Should
Ten Questions West Point Does Not Ask Cadets – But Should by Matt Cavanaugh, War Council
At West Point, we often address cadets as "scholar warriors" or "warrior scholars." This phrasing suggests that our objective is to avoid a "broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man." However, in practice we develop these two characteristics entirely separate. Rigid stovepipes individually serve military training ends and those related to academic education.
What follows is a series of questions, representing critical issues, all related to the use of force in the modern world. They are at the seam between military and academic thought. In my opinion, these go unaddressed in any comprehensive, sustained, and/or meaningful way during a cadet's four years at West Point…
