Culture in conflict : irregular warfare, culture policy, and adaptation in the marine corps / Paula Holmes-Eber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmes-Eber, Paula, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural awareness--Government policy--United States.

Cultural awareness.

Intercultural communication--Government policy--United States.

Intercultural communication.

Irregular warfare--United States.

Irregular warfare.

Organizational change--United States.

Organizational change.

Sociology, Military--United States.

Sociology, Military.

United States. Marine Corps.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford Security Studies, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In response to the irregular warfare challenges facing the U.S. in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2005, General James Mattis—then commander of Marine Corps Combat Development Command—established a new Marine Corps cultural initiative. The goal was simple: teach Marines to interact successfully with the local population in areas of conflict. The implications, however, were anything but simple: transform an elite military culture founded on the principles of "locate, close with, and destroy the enemy" into a "culturally savvy" Marine Corps. Culture in Conflict: Irregular Warfare, Culture Policy, and the Marine Corps examines the conflicted trajectory of the Marine Corps' efforts to institute a radical culture policy into a military organization that is structured and trained to fight conventional wars. More importantly, however, it is a compelling book about America's shifting military identity in a new world of unconventional warfare.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Introduction

1 “When the Boots Hit the Ground”: Studying Military Culture from the Ground Up

2 “Every Marine a Rifleman”: The Egalitarian Military Service

3 “Soldiers of the Sea”: The Marine Corps Expeditionary Mindset

4 “Honor, Courage, and Commitment”: Instilling the Warrior Ethos at the Recruit Depots

5 “Tip of the Spear”: Leadership in the Corps

6 “Building the Plane as We’re Flying It”: Simplifying Solutions to Culture in Theater

7 “The 80 Percent Solution”: (Mis)-Translations from SME to Marine

8 “Where’s the ‘So What’?” Processing Culture at the Center for Advanced Operational Culture Learning (CAOCL)

9 “There’s No ‘I’ in Team”: Reshaping Culture Specialists to Fit a Nonspecialist Culture

Conclusion

Appendix: Marine Corps Ranks and Organizational Structures

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780804791908

0804791902

OCLC:

879026177