On the uses of cultural knowledge / Sheila Miyoshi Jager.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Jager, Sheila Miyoshi

Contributor:

Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intelligence service--United States--Methodology.

Intelligence service.

Ethnology--United States--Case studies.

Ethnology.

Ethnology--Methodology.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 30 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Carlisle, PA] : [Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College], [2007]

Summary:

Culture has become something of a buzz word among America's senior military and civilian leaders. Faced with an brutal civil war and insurgency in Iraq, the many complex political and social issues confronted by U.S. military commanders on the ground have given rise to a new awareness that a cultural understanding of an adversary society is imperative if counterinsurgency is to succeed. This monograph, by Dr. Sheila Miyoshi Jager, explores the role that cultural knowledge must play in thinking about a new strategy for counterinsurgency. Although the importance of cultural awareness and understanding of adversary societies has been widely recognized as essential to operations and tactics on the battlefield, Dr. Jager argues its significance has been largely ignored in formulating the broader strategic goals of counterinsurgency. This monograph highlights the importance of culture, and cultural awareness, in formulating a broad strategy for counterinsurgency which also has wide-ranging implications for U.S. foreign policy.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed on November 19, 2007).

"November 2007."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-30).

Other Format:

Online version: Jager, Sheila Miyoshi. On the uses of cultural knowledge.

OCLC:

182519883