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The Royal Navy in the Falklands Conflict and the Gulf War : culture and strategy / Alastair Finlan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Finlan, Alastair.
- Series:
- British politics and society.
- Cass series--British politics and society, 1467-1441
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--Falkland Islands War, 1982.
- Great Britain. Royal Navy--History--Persian Gulf War, 1991.
- Falkland Islands War, 1982--Naval operations, British.
- Falkland Islands War, 1982.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991--Naval operations, British.
- Persian Gulf War, 1991.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 214 p.
- Place of Publication:
- Portland, OR : Frank Cass, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book suggests that institutional culture can account for a great deal of the activities and rationale of the Royal Navy. War highlights the role of culture in military organizations and as such acts as a spotlight by which this phenomenon can be assessed seperately and then in comparison in order to demonstrate the influence of institutional culture on strategy.
- Contents:
- chapter 1 Culture and the Royal Navy
- chapter 2 Culture, Strategy and the Falklands Conflict
- chapter 3 Culture and Operations in the South Atlantic
- chapter 4 Culture, Strategy and the Gulf War
- chapter 5 Culture and Operations in the Persian Gulf
- chapter 6 Cultural Comparisons: The Falklands Conflict, the Gulf War and the Future.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-77113-8
- 0-203-49937-9
- 1-280-07702-6
- 0-7146-5479-5
- 1-135-77114-6
- 9786610077021
- 9780203499375
- OCLC:
- 56566718
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