The War College Lieutenant General Luis María Campos ( es, Escuela Superior de Guerra Teniente General Luis María Campos) is the

university A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, t ...

and

staff college Staff colleges (also command and staff colleges and War colleges) train military officers in the administrative, military staff and policy aspects of their profession. It is usual for such training to occur at several levels in a career. For ex ...

of the

Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic The Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, in es, Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina, are controlled by the Commander-in-Chief (the President) and a civilian Minister of Defense. In addition to the Army, Navy and Air Force, there are ...

. It was founded by Lt Gen Luis María Campos and opened in 1900.George V. Rauch ''Conflict in the Southern Cone: The Argentine Military and the ... '' 1999 Page 106 "... all of its members were graduates of the Colegio Militar.51 To remedy this situation and provide for unity of doctrine, a war academy (Escuela Superior de Guerra, or ESG) was established by War Minister General Luis Maria Campos. A German mission contracted during 1899 and headed by Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Arendt took charge of the ESG." The school offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate courses. The subjects taught are: Staff officer courses, logistics, strategic intelligence, military history, geopolitics, science subjects, international relations, and education studies. Since 1949 over 3,000 officers have studied there. The school has also taught senior officers of twenty foreign countries.

References

*''The information in this article is based on that in :es:Escuela Superior de Guerra (Argentina)''.

External links

Official website "Bienvenidos a la Escuela Superior de Guerra"
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