SCSI Occasional Paper Number 48 – The relevance and Role of the Battlefield Tour and the Staff Ride for Armed Forces in the 21st century
This paper summarises thinking behind British policy towards Battlefield Studies and Staff Rides. It includes the following:-
Introduction: Professor RG Haycock, Former Dean of Arts Royal Military College of Canada
Footprints in the Mud: The British Army’s Approach to the Battlefield Tour Experience Peter Caddick-Adams, Cranfield University Royal Military College of Science
’One of the Greatest Moments in My Life’Lessons Learned On the Canadian Battle of Normandy Foundation Battlefield Study Tours Mike Bechthold, Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada
The Modern Model of the Battlefield Tour and Staff Ride Post-1815 Prussian and German Traditions Dr David Ian Hall, King’s College London Joint Services Command and Staff College, United Kingdom
The United States Army’s Historical Staff Rides History and Historiography Professor Eugenia C Kiesling, United States Military Academy
Contemporary Battlefield Tours and Staff Rides A Military Practitioner’s View Brigadier RAMS Melvin, British Army