Social Science Goes to War - The Human Terrain System in Iraq and Afghanistan

Informationen zum Autor Montgomery McFate is a cultural anthropologist who works on defence and national security issues. She is the Minerva Chair at the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the US Naval War College and has been profiled in the New Yorker, Elle and the Atlantic Monthly. Janice H. Laurence is a professor in the College of Education at Temple University and is an internationally recognized military psychologist. Klappentext This volume addresses themes of enduring importance for US national security, such as the role of US forces in 'nation building, ' challenges of interagency coordination, innovation during wartime, and the larger strategic issues of the need for socio-cultural knowledge in American foreign policy. This book gives the reader insight into the growth and development of HTS, the largest single investment ever made by the Department of Defense in applied social science. This book also conveys what the experience of working on a small team in a combat zone was really like, both good and bad

Product details

• Authors: Montgomery Mcfate, Montgomery (EDT)/ Laurence Mcfate
• Assisted by: Janice H Laurence (Editor), Janice H. Laurence (Editor), Montgomery Mcfate (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2014
• EAN: 9780190216726
• ISBN: 978-0-19-021672-6
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous