UID:
kobvindex_DGP507594770
Format:
xiv, 304 Seiten
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Karten
Edition:
1st edition
ISBN:
9781108429108
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9781108453011
Content:
Soldiers and unconventional problems -- Potential explanations of military behavior -- Organizational routines -- How military routines evolved -- Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Kosovo -- Afghanistan -- Conclusion
Content:
In contemporary missions, soldiers often face unconventional opponents rather than enemy armies. How do Western soldiers deal with war criminals, rioters, or insurgents? What explains differences in behavior across military organizations in multinational missions? How does military conduct impact local populations? Comparing troops from the United States, Britain, Germany, and Italy at three sites of intervention (Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan), this book shows that militaries in the field apply idiosyncratic organizational routines. Friesendorf uses the concept of routines to explain, for example, why US soldiers are trigger-happy, why British soldiers patrol on foot, and why German soldiers avoid risk. Despite convergence in military structures and practices, militaries continue to fight differently, often with much autonomy. This bottom-up perspective focuses on different routines at the level of operations and tactics, thus contributing to a better understanding of the implementation of military missions, and highlighting failures of Western militaries to protect civilians.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Soldiers and unconventional problems
,
Potential explanations of military behavior
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Organizational routines
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How military routines evolved
,
Bosnia-Herzegovina
,
Kosovo
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Afghanistan
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Conclusion
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Friesendorf, Cornelius, 1973 - How Western soldiers fight Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018 ISBN 9781108554091
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Westliche Welt
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Militärischer Einsatz
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Militärpolitik
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Westliche Welt
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Militärischer Einsatz
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Militärpolitik
Author information:
Friesendorf, Cornelius 1973-
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