The “Lessons Learned” Trap and How to Avoid It: Drawing from the Israeli Armoured Experience, 1948–1973
The following essay explores some of the problems with “lessons learned.” It offers a few tentative observations on the limitations and dangers of lessons. To illustrate these (but not necessarily prove them), it then looks at the experiences of the Israel Defence Forces, particularly its armoured f...
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Baltic Defence College
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| description | The following essay explores some of the problems with “lessons learned.” It offers a few tentative observations on the limitations and dangers of lessons. To illustrate these (but not necessarily prove them), it then looks at the experiences of the Israel Defence Forces, particularly its armoured forces, from 1948 to 1973. Finally, three recommendations discuss how military organizations might reduce the danger of lessons leading them astray. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b92b2dca6f914a4e8fb4a1c322ab55792022-12-22T02:08:20ZengBaltic Defence CollegeJournal on Baltic Security2382-92302016-06-012111712810.1515/jobs-2016-0033jobs-2016-0033The “Lessons Learned” Trap and How to Avoid It: Drawing from the Israeli Armoured Experience, 1948–1973O’Connell Damien0Mr. Marine Corps University, United States of AmericaThe following essay explores some of the problems with “lessons learned.” It offers a few tentative observations on the limitations and dangers of lessons. To illustrate these (but not necessarily prove them), it then looks at the experiences of the Israel Defence Forces, particularly its armoured forces, from 1948 to 1973. Finally, three recommendations discuss how military organizations might reduce the danger of lessons leading them astray.https://doi.org/10.1515/jobs-2016-0033 |
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| title | The “Lessons Learned” Trap and How to Avoid It: Drawing from the Israeli Armoured Experience, 1948–1973 |
| title_full | The “Lessons Learned” Trap and How to Avoid It: Drawing from the Israeli Armoured Experience, 1948–1973 |
| title_fullStr | The “Lessons Learned” Trap and How to Avoid It: Drawing from the Israeli Armoured Experience, 1948–1973 |
| title_full_unstemmed | The “Lessons Learned” Trap and How to Avoid It: Drawing from the Israeli Armoured Experience, 1948–1973 |
| title_short | The “Lessons Learned” Trap and How to Avoid It: Drawing from the Israeli Armoured Experience, 1948–1973 |
| title_sort | lessons learned trap and how to avoid it drawing from the israeli armoured experience 1948 1973 |
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