Drill And Literacy Flashcards
Hypotheses
Print products and increased literacy had two effects - officers read classics, print products for the army permit standardisation of procedures
New types of officers - academically trained technicians
The rise of the professional army
Military treatises inspiring tactical change
Sun Tzu - from mnemonic device to writing, maxims and aphorisms , inventor of drill
Art of war and academies
Military manuals of antiquity - Xenophon…
Art of war in Italian Renaissance
Rise of Field manuals
Drill between innovation and renovation
Maurice of Nassau
Gustavus Adolphus
Raimondo de Montecuccoli
Case study - linear tactics
New challenges and opportunities
Shift in knowledge management and early modern drill instructions
Craft
Science
Military - drill and standardisation of war material - dependence on printed instructions, field manuals
KM in the military in the 15/16th century
Swiss-infantry: craft
Tercio - units mixing recruits and experienced officers led by officers
Emphasis on transmitting experiences but some drill required for defence against cavalry
Spiritual knowledge for your backpack - the soldier’s pocket bible
Puritan model army
Spiritual equipment
Reflects raised levels of literacy among soldiers
The rise of the professional
Officers as academic, transnational type
Engineering officers increasingly academically trained
Technical specialists rather than knights
Scientific tradition in naval architecture
Scientific tradition in ship-building
Challenge to operate high-tech equipment
Scientific challenge of navigation
Conclusion
In order to drill big units uniformly, same knowledge has to be available
Military revolution also known as KM revolution
In the end success-critical knowledge has to be transferred
