Making Warriors in a Global Era - An Ethnographic Study of the Norwegian Naval Special Operations

Making Warriors in a Global Era provides ethnographic data, analyses, and discussions to infuse new debates among both military personnel and academics about the rise of special operations forces and the ways they impact how armed conflicts are dealt with and how wars are fought.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Bringing Anthropology Home
Chapter 2: The Stories Told, and What They Tell
Chapter 3: Institutional Apprenticeship: Selection and Basic Training
Chapter 4: Skillset and Discipline
Chapter 5: SOFish Mindset: Creativity, Initiative, and Innovation
Chapter 6: Change of Pace: Switching On and Off
Chapter 7: Special Forces, Special Organization, Special Practices
Chapter 8: Wars and Warriors in the Global Era

About the author

By Tone Danielsen - Foreword by Anna Simons

Product details

• Authors: Tone Danielsen
• Assisted by: Simons Anna (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781498561815
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6181-5
• No. of pages: 242
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / General, Anthropology, military history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Defence strategy, planning & research, Social and cultural anthropology, Military and defence strategy, Special & elite forces, Special and elite forces