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Autore |
Holmes-Eber Paula |
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Culture in conflict : irregular warfare, culture policy, and adaptation in the marine corps / / Paula Holmes-Eber |
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Stanford, California : , : Stanford Security Studies, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (270 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cultural awareness - Government policy - United States |
Intercultural communication - Government policy - United States |
Irregular warfare - United States |
Organizational change - United States |
Sociology, Military - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1 “When the Boots Hit the Ground”: Studying Military Culture from the Ground Up -- Introduction -- 2 “Every Marine a Rifleman”: The Egalitarian Military Service -- 3 “Soldiers of the Sea”: The Marine Corps Expeditionary Mindset -- 4 “Honor, Courage, and Commitment”: Instilling the Warrior Ethos at the Recruit Depots -- 5 “Tip of the Spear”: Leadership in the Corps -- Introduction -- 6 “Building the Plane as We’re Flying It”: Simplifying Solutions to Culture in Theater -- 7 “The 80 Percent Solution”: (Mis)-Translations from SME to Marine -- 8 “Where’s the ‘So What’?” Processing Culture at the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning (CAOCL) -- 9 “There’s No ‘I’ in Team”: Reshaping Culture Specialists to Fit a Nonspecialist Culture -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Marine Corps Ranks and Organizational Structures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In response to the irregular warfare challenges facing the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2005, General James Mattis—then commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command—established a new Marine Corps cultural initiative. The goal was simple: teach Marines to |
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interact successfully with the local population in areas of conflict. The implications, however, were anything but simple: transform an elite military culture founded on the principles of "locate, close with, and destroy the enemy" into a "culturally savvy" Marine Corps. Culture in Conflict: Irregular Warfare, Culture Policy, and the Marine Corps examines the conflicted trajectory of the Marine Corps' efforts to institute a radical culture policy into a military organization that is structured and trained to fight conventional wars. More importantly, however, it is a compelling book about America's shifting military identity in a new world of unconventional warfare. |
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