Critical Reflection and Key Insight Gained from Warfare Studies
Following this week's instructor-led Zoom meeting, submit a critical reflection to your instructor. Your response should be between 450 and 600 words, structured into three paragraphs. Each paragraph should respond to one of the following questions:
- What did you find useful to increase your knowledge of course concepts and content?
- What did the discussion make you wonder about?
- What academic or professional ideas did you agree or disagree with and why?
- What academic or professional ideas did you not understand?
- What is something that caused your thinking to change and how?
Your critical reflection should demonstrate connections between your existing knowledge, skills, and attitudes (derived from previous academic study and professional development) and the course concepts and content discussed in the Zoom meeting.
QUESTION: Write a reflection on this week's readings/Zoom meeting. Pdf readings are attached.
Justify and support your answer using your experience and source support from the assigned readings.
Important
You must use the provided sources from class readings.
In-text citations must be done in accordance with College Style Guide attached and not APA.
Critical Reflection and Key Insight Gained from the Class
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The class readings, discussions, and lessons have played a critical role in changing my thinking about the history, structure, and future of military and warfare studies. Firstly, the reading and William Lendrum Mitchell's work significantly changed my thinking on warfare studies. Firstly, William helped me to understand the history and factors that led to the development of the United States air force. Before the course, I thought the United States had been structurally rigid and independent since the First World War. However, the ideologies presented by William helped me realize the key aspects that promoted the independence and development of the air force. I realized that William Mitchell qualifies as the father of the modern air force and military studies due to his multiple inventions and scholarly activities. Firstly, Mitchell used his knowledge, research, and experiences, especially in the First World War, to develop various military and warfare study concepts (Mitchell et al. 2010, 16). For