Culture in Conflict : irregular warfare, culture policy, and the Marine Corps /

Holmes-Eber, Paula,

Culture in Conflict : irregular warfare, culture policy, and the Marine Corps / Paula Holmes-Eber. - Stanford: Californa: Stanford Security Studies, 2014. - xvii, 249 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-239) and index.

"When the boots hit the ground" : studying military culture from the ground up -- "Every Marine a rifleman" : the egalitarian military service -- "Soldiers of the sea" : the Marine Corps expeditionary mindset -- "Honor, courage and commitment" : instilling the warrior ethos at the recruit depots -- "Tip of the spear" : leadership in the Corps -- "Building the plane as we're flying it" : simplifying solutions to culture in theater -- "The 80 percent solution" : (mis)-translations from SME to Marine -- "Where's the 'so what'?" : processing culture at the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning (CAOCL) -- "There's no 'I' in team" : reshaping culture specialists to fit a nonspecialist culture.

9780804791892 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2013044154


United States. Marine Corps.


Cultural awareness--Government policy--United States.
Intercultural communication--Government policy--United States.
Irregular warfare--United States.
Organizational change--United States.
Sociology, Military--United States.

VE23 / .H749 2014

359.9/64


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