| Culture in Conflict: Irregular Warfare, Culture Policy, and the Marine Corps Contributor(s): Holmes-Eber, Paula (Author) |
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ISBN: 0804791899 ISBN-13: 9780804791892 Publisher: Stanford Security Studies OUR PRICE: $26.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Military Science - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 359.964 |
| LCCN: 2013044154 |
| Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.13" W x 8.98" (0.83 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
