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Dangerous liaisons : anthropologists and the national security state / edited by Laura A. McNamara and Robert A. Rubinstein.
Penn Museum Library GN492 .D36 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- School for Advanced Research advanced seminar series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political anthropology.
- National security.
- Terrorism.
- World politics.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Fe, N.M. : School for Advanced Research Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- Policymakers and strategists have found ethnographic data useful in military decision-making, note McNamara (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico) and Rubinstein (sociology and anthropology, U. of Maryland Baltimore County) in introducing this volume based on seminars sponsored by SAR (Sante Fe, NM). Addressing controversies in how anthropologists engage with the national security state, international contributors critically address and present case studies on such timely topics as studying new war-making bureaucracies, concerns about counter-terrorism interrogation practices, and the role of social scientists in improving the cross-cultural skills of military personnel. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781934691496
- 1934691496
- OCLC:
- 701672482
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