These Proceedings are the eighth volume to be published in a series generated by the annual Military History Symposium hosted by the Combat Studies Institute. Each year, these conferences bring together both military and civilian historians, as well as formal and informal students of military history, literally from around the world. They gather for the purpose of presenting ideas and points of view on current military issues from a historical perspective. The 2010 symposium was sponsored by the US Army Combined Arms Center (CAC) and was held 21-23 September 2010 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. This symposium will explore the development of leaders within the US Army in order to attain national goals and objectives in peace and war within a historical context. The symposium also included the discussion of current issues and trends, as well as sister services and international topics. This year we were extremely fortunate to have three distinguished featured speakers who all have exceptional experience in leader development and US Army officer education. Our panelists were also experts in their fields, and we were delighted that they made the time and effort to present their work. This eighth volume of proceedings contains the papers or the presentation transcripts of the participating speakers and panelists. It includes transcriptions of the question and answer periods following the presentations as well.

Day 1. Keynote presentation. Cultivating Army leadership: a historical overview / John S. Brown ; Day 1, panel 1. Antebellum officer education, 1800-1865. Looking beyond West Point: life in the old Army as education for war / Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh -- The development of successful non-professional officers in the Army of the Tennessee, 1861-1863 / Steven E. Woodworth ; Day 1, panel 2. Emergence of a modern officer corps, 1866-1905. The 1891 infantry tactics / Perry D. Jamieson -- The 1891 infantry tactics / Todd Brereton ; Day 1, panel 3. Changing leadership for a changing world role, 1906-1939. The Leavenworth schools, professional military education, and reform in the old Army, 1900-1917 / Tim Nenniger -- So rigorously trained and educated: leader development in the US Army, 1919 to 1939 / Peter J. Schifferle ; Day 2. Featured speaker. History strengthens / Gordon Sullivan ; Day 2, panel 4. Conventional and unconventional challenges of the Cold War, 1945-1975. Soldiering as an affair of the hear by / Lewis Sorley -- Soldiering as an affair of the heart leadership: DePuy, Slim and you / Henry Gold ; Day 2, panel 5. Rebirth of the US Army, 1976-2001. Thoughts in spring on professional identity / Richard Swain -- Presentation / James Carafano ; Day 2, panel 6. Educating leaders for a new era, 2002 to present. Mission command: an old idea for the 21st century / Kevin Benson ; Day 3, panel 7. Sister services perspectives. Historical and cultural foundations of Navy officer development / Gene R. Andersen -- "It was more than just doctrine!" Reflections on the preparations of the US Marine Corps and its officers for World War II / Donald F. Bittner ; Day 3. Featured speaker. US Army leader development: past, present, and future / Sean B. MacFarland ; Day 3, panel 8. Foreign perspectives. Making Australian military leaders: a historical reflection based on the changing face of wars and the Australians that are selected to fight them / Craig Burn -- Finding the balance between timeless fundamentals and temporal adjustments / Jean-Claude Brejot -- A British perspective / Graham Norton ; Appendix A: conference program -- Appendix B: biographies.