"MAKING RIFLEMEN FROM MUD": RESTORING THE ARMY'S CULTURE OF IRREGULAR WARFARE.
Author : James D. Campbell
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Release : 2022
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Author : James D. Campbell
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Page : 66 pages
File Size : 35,98 MB
Release : 2007
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Prior to the Second World War, the Army had a deeply engrained facility with and acceptance of what we now term unconventional warfare -- raising, training, advising and cooperating with tribal militias, local paramilitaries, and other non-state armed groups. This culture of irregular warfare stemmed from nearly 300 years of American military tradition, from the colonial period until 1941, and was based on extensive experience in cooperating with Native American tribes and individual scouts during the expansion of the western frontier. These traditions of unconventional war reached maturity in the years of fighting on the western plains after the Civil War, and were given ultimate expression in the creation of the Philippine Scouts at the beginning of the twentieth century. Since World War Two the wider military has lost this expertise and comfort with unconventional operations, with the Special Operations community taking on the sole proprietorship of this role. Given the variety of political environments in which today's conventional soldiers may find themselves, and the current nature of conflicts ongoing and likely to occur in the world, the Army as a whole can and must regain this formerly held culture of facility with irregular war.
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Page : 364 pages
File Size : 29,63 MB
Release : 1897
Category : Africa
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Page : 376 pages
File Size : 45,28 MB
Release : 1897
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Author : Montgomery McFate
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 503 pages
File Size : 20,77 MB
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0190934948
In almost every military intervention in its history, the US has made cultural mistakes that hindered attainment of its policy goals. From the strategic bombing of Vietnam to the accidental burning of the Koran in Afghanistan, it has blundered around with little consideration of local cultural beliefs and for the long-term effects on the host nation's society. Cultural anthropology--the so-called "handmaiden of colonialism"--has historically served as an intellectual bridge between Western powers and local nationals. What light can it shed on the intersection of the US military and foreign societies today? This book tells the story of anthropologists who worked directly for the military, such as Ursula Graham Bower, the only woman to hold a British combat command during WWII. Each faced challenges including the negative outcomes of exporting Western political models and errors of perception. Ranging from the British colonial era in Africa to the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Military Anthropology illustrates the conceptual, cultural and practical barriers encountered by military organisations operating in societies vastly different from their own.
Author : Rudyard Kipling
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Page : 282 pages
File Size : 10,49 MB
Release : 1903
Category : English poetry
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Author : Maud Diver
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Page : 408 pages
File Size : 24,1 MB
Release : 1909
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Author : Rudyard Kipling
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Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,73 MB
Release : 1914
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Author : Rudyard Kipling
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Page : 248 pages
File Size : 29,52 MB
Release : 1903
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Author : Rudyard Kipling
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Page : 242 pages
File Size : 37,22 MB
Release : 1903
Category : English poetry
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