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Author Holmes-Eber, Paula, author.

Title Culture in conflict : irregular warfare, culture policy, and the Marine Corps / Paula Holmes-Eber.

Publication Info. Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (270 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
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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.
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Subject Cultural awareness -- Government policy -- United States.
Cultural awareness.
Government policy.
United States.
Intercultural communication -- Government policy -- United States.
Intercultural communication.
Irregular warfare -- United States.
Irregular warfare.
Organizational change -- United States.
Organizational change.
Sociology, Military -- United States.
Sociology, Military.
Sociology.
Sociology.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Holmes-Eber, Paula. Culture in Conflict. Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2014 9780804791908
ISBN 9780804791908 (electronic book)
0804791902 (electronic book)