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The culture of military organizations / edited by Peter R. Mansoor, the Ohio State University ; Williamson Murray, the Ohio State University.

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Culture 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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Cambridge)
Other Authors: Mansoor, Peter R., 1960- (Editor), Murray, Williamson (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019
Subjects:
Sociology, Military.
Armed Forces > Case studies.
War and society.
Armed Forces.
Case studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Culture and military organizations / Leonard Wong and Stephen J. Gerras
  • Strategic culture / David Kilcullen
  • Ulysses S. Grant and the culture of the Union Army of the Tennessee / Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh
  • "Playing a very bold game": The organizational culture of the Army of Northern Virginia, 1862-1865 / Mark Grimsley
  • German Army culture, 1871 to 1945 / Jorit Wintjes
  • The culture of the Indian Army 1900-1947: An evolving identity / Daniel Marston
  • An Army apart: The influence of culture on the Victorian British Army / Richard Hart Sinnreich
  • The culture of the British Army, 1914-1945 / Williamson Murray
  • Imperial Japanese Army culture, 1918-1945: Duty heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather / David Hunter-Chester
  • Military culture, Military efficiency, and the Red Army, 1917-1945 / Reina Pennington
  • An Army Like no other: The origins of the IDF's military culture / Gil-li Vardi
  • The weight of the shadow of the past: The organizational culture of the Iraqi Army, 1921-2003 / Kevin M. Woods
  • U.S. Army culture, 1973-2017 / Peter R. Mansoor
  • The Royal Navy, 1900-1945: Learning from disappointment / Corbin Williamson
  • US Navy cultural transformations, 1945-2017: The jury is still out / John T. Kuehn
  • The United States Marine Corps, 1973-2017: Cultural preservation in every place and clime / Allan R. Millett
  • The culture of the Royal Air Force, 1918-1945 / David Stubbs
  • United States Air Force culture, 1947-2017 / Robert Farley
  • Conclusion / Peter R. Mansoor and Williamson Murray.

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