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From 2018 and through into early 2020, The Cen- tral Library took great pleasure in working with the Department of War Studies and more latterly the Department of Communication and Behav- ioural Science to host WARDIGS and CABS- DIGS. Contributing to the academic life of the Academy, these small group military history and leadership seminar events can seat about fifty people. Promoted on the Defence Intranet and on the library’s Defence Learning and Defence
country went into nationwide lockdown. We were very pleased to welcome the Comman- dant, Major General Paul Nanson CBE who gave a lively and highly engaging talk on leadership to Officer Cadets and assembled Academy staff. Noting the historic setting, and the fact he was delivering his talk while standing next to the West Point bust of General Eisenhower, Major Gen- eral Nanson drew on the core themes from the book, Stand up Straight: 10 Life Lessons from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Officer
Connect pages, they are open to nal non-MoD civilian visitors (by sponsored entry appointment), and both Sandhurst and MoD staff across Defence.
OCdts, exter-
Cadets took full advantage of this highly convivial event to probe and ask questions on various aspects of the practical and theoretical dimensions of command, leader- ship, morale and unit cohesion.
The global pandemic, which has raged throughout 2020 and into 2021, has of course impacted on Sandhurst training regimes and how we deliver and support the academic component. Determined
The library has therefore proudly
hosted a talk on leadership given
by the Commandant, and presen-
tations given by Sandhurst aca-
demics and visiting academics
from home and abroad. We have
been pleased to welcome Pro-
fessor Christopher Duffy (Retired
from War Studies), Dr JP Harris (War Studies), Dr Paul Latawski (War Studies), Dr James Kitchen (War Studies), Dr Klaus Schmider (War Stud- ies) and Dr Aaron Edwards (Sandhurst Dept of Defence & International Affairs). Our visiting guest speakers have included academics from the King’s College London faculty at the Joint Services Command & Staff College, Goldsmiths College London, the University of Aberdeen, the United States Army War College, and the Free University of Berlin to name but just a few.
by force protection measures to ensure safe working and training environments, the library has maintained a carefully managed hybrid ser- vice in support of the Commissioning Courses and the academic research and training needs of the Academy.
With conservative statistics showing a combined physical and electronic usage of the library and its resources of 10,131 in the period January- December 2019, the library has continued to deliver throughout the pandemic. Although many Defence libraries have closed their doors to physical access, The Central Library of The
Dr. Neil McLennon CABSDIG in the RMA Sandhurst Central Library 18th February 2020. Photographer – Mr Mike Smith RMA Sandhurst
On the 9th March 2020, the library hosted what was sadly to be its last presentation before the
Former Prime Minister Mr Harold Macmillan speaking to a VIP audience in the RMA Sandhurst Central Library 11th November 1978 (unattributed photograph published in The Wish Stream, vol XXXIII, No. 1 Spring 1979, p. 30
Major General Paul Nanson CBE who gave a lively and highly engaging talk on leadership to officer cadets and assembled Academy staff
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