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Cultural Awareness in the Military
. Ed(S): Albro, Robert; Ivey, Bill
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Hardback. Featuring chapters from social scientists directly engaged with the process, this volume offers a concise introduction to the U.S. military's effort to account for culture and increase its cultural capacity over the last decade. Contributors to this work consider some of the key challenges, lessons learned, and the limits of such efforts. Editor(s): Albro, Robert; Ivey, Bill. Num Pages: 140 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHMC; JPS; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Featuring chapters from social scientists directly engaged with the process, this volume offers a concise introduction to the U.S. military's effort to account for culture and increase its cultural capacity over the last decade. Contributors to this work consider some of the key challenges, lessons learned, and the limits of such efforts.
Featuring chapters from social scientists directly engaged with the process, this volume offers a concise introduction to the U.S. military's effort to account for culture and increase its cultural capacity over the last decade. Contributors to this work consider some of the key challenges, lessons learned, and the limits of such efforts.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137409416
SKU
V9781137409416
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99-15
About . Ed(S): Albro, Robert; Ivey, Bill
Robert Albro, Center for Latin American & Latino Studies, American University, USA Steve Coll, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, USA Rochelle Davis, Georgetown University, USA Kerry Fosher, Cultural Anthropologist, USA Clementine Fujimura, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, USA Patty Gerstenblith, DePaul University, USA Bill Ivey, American Folklorist, USA Lynn H. Nicholas, Author, USA ... Read more
Reviews for Cultural Awareness in the Military
''This benchmark volume examines how the U.S. military has upped its attention to local cultures in order to win wars [...] and enhanced its reputation by providing humanitarian relief and protecting heritage. Expert analysts [...] offer sophisticated treatments of overarching issues and specific cases in this concise, excellent, and very timely account.'' - Richard Kurin, Under Secretary for History, Art, ... Read more