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I thought about that, but Recycled In Space is about stories that are redone with a twist. That is, Honor Harrington is Horatio Hornblower IN SPACE, but Horatio Hornblower isn't The Napoleonic Wars "IN SPACE."
That might be the closest match, though...
This probably Show Their Work with some Strawman Political. David Webber is a notorious example of this (especially in the Star Fire stories). The biggest issue is that he takes the names (or ideas), but he really flattens out the arguments (the hero is always on the "right" side).

I'm looking for something like a Shout-Out to a real world historical group, not a character. I'm not sure what trope fits best.
The example in question is the jeune école school from the Honor Harrington series. They are based on the real-world, French Jeune École school of naval warfare which advocated the use of small, explosive-shell firing craft to take out much larger warships. In the first book, Honor is given a light cruiser with a similarly unstoppable but semi-suicidal to use weapons mix.
The historical reference in question is thus a school of thought and not a particular person. There's got to be something better than Shout-Out since that's more pop culture oriented, and the jeune école is an important faction in the story rather than a tossed off reference.