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1 online resource (x, 473 pages)
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ISBN:
9781108622752
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9781108485739
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9781108724487
Content:
Culture has an enormous influence on military organizations and their success or failure in war. Cultural biases often result in unstated assumptions that have a deep impact on the making of strategy, operational planning, doctrinal creation, and the organization and training of armed forces. Except in unique circumstances culture grows slowly, embedding so deeply that members often act unconsciously according to its dictates. Of all the factors that are involved in military effectiveness, culture is perhaps the most important. Yet, it also remains the most difficult to describe and understand, because it entails so many external factors that impinge, warp, and distort its formation and continuities. The sixteen case studies in this volume examine the culture of armies, navies, and air forces from the Civil War to the Iraq War and how and why culture affected their performance in the ultimate arbitration of war.
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Oct 2019)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108485739
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The culture of military organizations Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2019 ISBN 9781108485739
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108724487
Language:
English
Subjects:
Military Science
Keywords:
Armee
;
Militärsoziologie
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Konferenzschrift
DOI:
10.1017/9781108622752
Author information:
Murray, Williamson 1941-2023
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