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999			_c26731 _d26731
020			_a9781108724487
082			_a306.27 _bCUL-
245			_aCulture Of Military Organizations
260			_aUnited Kingdom _bCambridge University Press _c2019
300			_ax,473p.
504			_aincludes index
520			_aCulture has an enormous influence on military organizations and their success or failure in war. Cultural biases often result in unstated assumptions that have a deep impact on the making of strategy, operational planning, doctrinal creation, and the organization and training of armed forces. Except in unique circumstances culture grows slowly, embedding so deeply that members often act unconsciously according to its dictates. Of all the factors that are involved in military effectiveness, culture is perhaps the most important. Yet, it also remains the most difficult to describe and understand, because it entails so many external factors that impinge, warp, and distort its formation and continuities. The sixteen case studies in this volume examine the culture of armies, navies, and air forces from the Civil War to the Iraq War and how and why culture affected their performance in the ultimate arbitration of war.
650			_aSociology, Military
650			_aArmed Forces
650			_aWar and society
700			_aMansoor, Peter R.
700			_aMurray, Williamson
942			_2ddc _cBK