@article{Esterhuyse_Liebenberg_2013, title={From the Editors}, volume={41}, url={https://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/1075}, DOI={10.5787/41-2-1075}, abstractNote={<p>The military profession, like the scholarly one, faces the dualistic<br />conundrum of learning from the past in an effort to shape future reality. The<br />question is not only how to balance the study of history with concerns of, in many<br />cases, the unpredictable, foreseeable future. It is also a matter of how to study both<br />history (in an effort to draw the right lessons from past experience) and<br />contemporary trends (to temper our expectations of the future). Historically,<br />informed guesswork governed by what Colin Gray refers to as the ‘golden rule of<br />prudence’ is the best way to ‘gamble’ with the future and ensure that plans are not<br />only governed by hope.1 As editors of a journal on military studies our challenge is<br />always to find a careful balance in the content between looking at what has<br />happened and what is due to influence future strategic and tactical realities.</p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies}, author={Esterhuyse, Abel and Liebenberg, Ian}, year={2013}, month={Nov.} }