In addition, the Prussian military education system was superior to the French model; Prussian staff officers were trained to exhibit initiative and independent thinking. Indeed, this was Moltke's expectation. The French, meanwhile, suffered from an education and promotion system that stifled intellectual development. According to the military historian Dallas Irvine, the system "was almost completely effective in excluding the army's brain power from the staff and high command. To the resulting lack of intelligence at the top can be ascribed all the inexcusable defects of French military policy." COUNT 5
QSN1 What Prussian system was superior to the French example? ANS1 military education QSN2 Prussian military officers were trained to exude what type thinking? ANS2 independent thinking QSN3 What commander of the General Staff held the expectaion of independent thinking in his officers? ANS3 Moltke QSN4 What did the French dearth of an education and promotion system stifle? ANS4 intellectual development QSN5 Which military historian criticized the French system as being defective? ANS5 Dallas Irvine