Culture and the Soldier : Identities, Values, and Norms in Military Engagemen...

by H. Christian Breede

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Culture and the Soldier : Identities, Values, and Norms in Military Engagements, Hardcover by Breede, H. Christian (EDT), ISBN 0774860855, ISBN-13 9780774860857, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US This work unites contributors in political science, military institutional policy, strategic analysis, defense studies, international relations, security, and public administration. In addition to analyzing how culture acts as a force on the military, they investigate culture itself as a factor in military planning and operations, offering cases and examples from Europe and North America. Th begins with discussion of how culture shapes the military, touching on Anglophone and Francophone shaping of war in Canada, and gender in Canada’s post-Deschamps military. Discussion then turns to how cultural identities, values, and norms inform military operations, with chapters on cultural dislocation and the moral injury of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan, leveraging local support in military engagements, and media manipulation and the cultivation of fear. The conclusion looks at analytical challenges in studying military culture in multinational settings. Annotation ©2019 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Year: 2019
• ISBN: 9780774860857
• Condition: Fine

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