The author explores the role that cultural knowledge must play in thinking about a new strategy for counterinsurgency. Although the importance of cultural awareness and understanding of adversary societies has been widely recognized as essential to operations and tactics on the battlefield, its significance has been largely ignored in formulating the broader strategic goals of counterinsurgency. The author highlights the importance of culture, and cultural awareness, in formulating a broad strategy for counterinsurgency ...
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The author explores the role that cultural knowledge must play in thinking about a new strategy for counterinsurgency. Although the importance of cultural awareness and understanding of adversary societies has been widely recognized as essential to operations and tactics on the battlefield, its significance has been largely ignored in formulating the broader strategic goals of counterinsurgency. The author highlights the importance of culture, and cultural awareness, in formulating a broad strategy for counterinsurgency which also has wide-ranging implication for U.S. foreign policy.
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Publisher:
Strategic Studies Institute U. S. Army War College
Published:
2007
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
13469940015
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Seller's Description:
Very good. No dust jacket. Cover has slight wear and soiling. vii, [1], 30, [2] p. Endnotes. From an on-line posting: "Culture has become something of a buzz word among America s national security leaders. Faced with an brutal civil war and insurgency in Iraq, the many complex political and social issues confronted by U.S. military commanders on the ground have given rise to a new awareness that a cultural understanding of an adversary society is imperative if counterinsurgency is to succeed. Sheila Miyoshi Jager received her Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Chicago. She is an Associate Professor of East Asian Studies at Oberlin College. She has published in numerous journals including, Journal of Asian Studies, New Literary History, Public Culture, positions: east Asia cultures critique and Japan Focus. The above information may not be current. It was current at the time when the individual worked for SSI or was published by SSI."
