The End of History and the Last Soldier: Training Military Leaders to Operate With Information Superiority

Today it is clear that information, not ordnance or weapons systems is the current coin of the realm in serious discussions of future warfare. Each of the military departments are now wrestling with how to procure, employ and organize units to take advantage of the anticipated flood of information and the "dominant battlespace awareness" which it confers. Joint Vision 2010 posits that near perfect battlefield knowledge makes smaller units increasingly more capable. Does this mean those unit leaders will now become operational level commanders? What are anticipated changes and processes to develop leaders who can operate and execute the art of command using the advantages of information age technologies? Will the art of command dramatically change? What changes should be made to the training system to adapt leaders to these changes? This monograph considers information superiority and its impact on the training of future military leaders.