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How Western soldiers fight : organizational routines in multinational missions / Cornelius Friesendorf, Institute of Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Friesendorf, Cornelius, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Irregular warfare--Case studies.
- Irregular warfare.
- Strategic culture--Western countries.
- Strategic culture.
- Intervention (International law)--Case studies.
- Intervention (International law).
- Combined operations (Military science).
- Internal security--Government policy.
- Internal security.
- Security, International--Western countries.
- Security, International.
- Western countries--Military policy.
- Western countries.
- Western countries--Armed Forces.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- In contemporary missions, soldiers often face unconventional opponents rather than enemy armies. How do Western soldiers deal with war criminals, rioters, or insurgents? What explains differences in behavior across military organizations in multinational missions? How does military conduct impact local populations? Comparing troops from the United States, Britain, Germany, and Italy at three sites of intervention (Bosnia, Kosovo, and Afghanistan), this book shows that militaries in the field apply idiosyncratic organizational routines. Friesendorf uses the concept of routines to explain, for example, why US soldiers are trigger-happy, why British soldiers patrol on foot, and why German soldiers avoid risk. Despite convergence in military structures and practices, militaries continue to fight differently, often with much autonomy. This bottom-up perspective focuses on different routines at the level of operations and tactics, thus contributing to a better understanding of the implementation of military missions, and highlighting failures of Western militaries to protect civilians.
- Contents:
- Soldiers and unconventional problems
- Potential explanations of military behavior
- Organizational routines
- How military routines evolved
- Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Kosovo
- Afghanistan
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 May 2018).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-108-62203-8
- 1-108-55409-1
- 1-108-59865-X
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