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3 Army Hist. 1 (1984)

handle is hein.milandgov/aryhsy0003 and id is 1 raw text is: COPY The ARMYHISTORIAN A PUBLUCATION OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY CENTER OF M i LTARY HISTORY Number 3 Washington, D C. Spring 1984 The Center and Historical Analysis ret Marsh, in his letter of instrction of March 1, 1983 directed that the Center at Military Hisory give increased priority to the preparation of historical studies in support of Army staff planning and mission execution. Actually, the Center has lotg assisted the Army in appiymg history to staff p anig, It has done so by reating, through e- serch, writing, reference service, ard archval activities, a histoical data base upon which other Army agencies could draw for their own work, The Center has also contibuted through its support of military history education, preparing prospective An leaders to use historical information and modes of thinking as they confront the problems of cormand., No. how+ er, the Cente is required to go beyond the general, more or less traditional, serv- ices i has formerly provided. The new goal for the Center is to devote more of its efforts specilically t o the preparation of historical studies focused directly upon current Army activities, problems. and policy issues Historical studies and analyses can be primarily narraive accounts of recent Army operations; they can present the historical background of a particular policy or organizational issue in itS de- :elopm nt over time and in the context of other eensf and they can review past effors to deal h urren problems. To qualify as analyses, however, the studies must go beyond a chroriolog- ical re-ital of facts to draw conclusions from the mforation, on the factors, tor example, motivat- ing a particular decision, or the reasons for the outcome of a policy. Conclusions of this type may reuti from the deliberate testing of hypotheses agaist evidence uncovered in research, or they may emerge in the course of preparing a straight- forward historical narrative. As defense issues become ever more complex and take a central place in national policy debates, narional security studies are once again an expand- ing field Wuth the government and, after a Vietnam-related hiaus, in the academic commu- ny. Many Army agencies are involved in one way or a hr in ui and analyses. Several of these, inludini the Strategic Studies Institute at the Army Wa tollege and the Combined Arms Co1 1 Di v lopm n Center at Fort Leaven- worth, have been identilfed as regularly doing studies tha daw etensively on historical infor- mation or approach problems from a historical point of view This expanding use of historical data within the Army parallels a broader trend throughout our iety. An increasing number of governmenal and priate institutions are Finding historical mnonation and historical methods of analysis useful in a variety of practical ways. The challeng- for the Center of Military History is to bring its sil o bear more effectively and respon- sively on current and future Army concerns. For the preset, owing to a gap between objee- tves and resources made available, the Center must perform this task by regrouping its existing perhonnel r urces. To this end, the Center has fored nwRe arch and Analysis Division con- SiFt1In of thre bra hes. Two of these, the Refer- Horn of U .A yCent~r fM~ii$#ryHuuMry

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