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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139781108724487
eBay Product ID (ePID)7046611655
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Number of Pages482 Pages
Publication NameThe Culture of Military Organizations
LanguageEnglish
SubjectGovernment, History
Publication Year2019
TypeTextbook
AuthorPeter R. Mansoor, Williamson Murray
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height227 mm
Item Weight680 g
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EditorWilliamson Murray, Peter R. Mansoor
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom