Quote Originally Posted by Cavguy View Post
I am beginning to think that there is a connection between humanities education and success in challenging, unscripted situations, if for no other reason than history provides a framework of principles applicable to those situations. I have no backup for that.
I think you are proposing one side of an interesting variant on the old nature vs. nurture chicken and egg question--Did these guys have a previous mindset/character/ disposition (nature) that made them choose a humanities education or did the humanities education develop (nurture) that predilection for open-minded flexibility? I know that I've just set up a false dichotomy, but it makes a nice LD (Does the Army still have, or need for that matter, Lines of Departure as an control measure in a non-linear war?) for further discussion of this topic.