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1 online resource (270 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
Summary |
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. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Cultural awareness -- Government policy -- United States.
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Cultural awareness. |
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Government policy. |
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United States. |
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Intercultural communication -- Government policy -- United States.
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Intercultural communication. |
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Irregular warfare -- United States.
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Irregular warfare. |
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Organizational change -- United States.
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Organizational change. |
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Sociology, Military -- United States.
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Sociology, Military. |
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Sociology.
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Sociology. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Holmes-Eber, Paula. Culture in Conflict. Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2014 9780804791908 |
ISBN |
9780804791908 (electronic book) |
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0804791902 (electronic book) |
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