World History in Liberal Military Education.

The educational environment of the U.S. Air Force Academy is discussed and the Academy's basic world history program is described. The first part of the report focuses on the Academy's educational environment, discussing the core curriculum, history instruction, the cadet, and the history faculty. The report's second part, which comprises over half the publication, deals with the Academy's world history program. The evolution of the program is discussed and the objectives of world history instruction are examined. The structure of the undergraduate survey course in world history entitled "Europe and the World since 1500" is described. The course provides a thematic treatment of the interaction between the major regions of the world since the end of the 15th century, with the rise of Western European civilization and the impact of that civilization on other regions as focus. The world history honors program is described. Areas of concern related to teaching and to the knowledge, skills, and values that the undergraduate course provides are examined. The publication concludes with a discussion of the future of world history and with a commentary concerning the place of world history in a military education. Appended are a course calendar and brief biographical sketches of the report's 12 contributors. (RM)