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

To understand wars and armed conflicts, we need to understand the inner logic of military institutions and warrior culture. In Making Warriors in a Global Era, Tone Danielsen employs ethnographic methods to analyze and discuss current debates among both military personnel and academics about the rise of the special operations forces and their effects on how armed conflicts are handled and wars are fought. Based on a decade of research and Danielsen's unprecedented access inside a Norwegian Naval Special Operations Commando, Danielsen describes the culture, experiences, and skill sets of a special operations unit and explores the historical and political implications these types of units have on modern warfare and society as a whole.

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

Tone Danielsen is principal researcher at the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment with focus on special operations.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Tone Danielsen
• Assisted by: Simons Anna (Foreword)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781498561839
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6183-9
• 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, military history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, 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, Military engineering