04128nam 2200673 450 991080627860332120230803202241.00-8047-9190-210.1515/9780804791908(CKB)3710000000104649(EBL)1683302(SSID)ssj0001193833(PQKBManifestationID)11644931(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001193833(PQKBWorkID)11147606(PQKB)10100104(MiAaPQ)EBC1683302(DE-B1597)564243(DE-B1597)9780804791908(Au-PeEL)EBL1683302(CaPaEBR)ebr10865596(OCoLC)879026177(OCoLC)1178769735(EXLCZ)99371000000010464920140511h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCulture in conflict irregular warfare, culture policy, and adaptation in the marine corps /Paula Holmes-EberStanford, California :Stanford Security Studies,2014.©20141 online resource (270 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8047-9189-9 0-8047-8950-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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 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.Cultural awarenessGovernment policyUnited StatesIntercultural communicationGovernment policyUnited StatesIrregular warfareUnited StatesOrganizational changeUnited StatesSociology, MilitaryUnited StatesCultural awarenessGovernment policyIntercultural communicationGovernment policyIrregular warfareOrganizational changeSociology, Military359.9/64Holmes-Eber Paula274033MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806278603321Culture in conflict3978054UNINA