The Thayer System of teaching cadets at the United States Military Academy

written by an Air Force officer, it talks about how the cadets at the USMA need to move away from a pure mathematical and scientific education to a mixed and broad education, something which concentrates on culture, language, arts, and other topics. This will make the officer a better leader and better able to handle not only his own men, but also situations where s/he has to be a peacekeeper or civilian leader. We saw how US Army Officers had challenges in Iraq. Good suggestion indeed. Something that the British Army has got in droves for centuries, a liberal arts education was a must !