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Zusatztext ''This benchmark volume examines how the U.S. military has upped its attention to local cultures in order to win wars [...] and enhanced its reputation by providing humanitarian relief and protecting heritage. Expert analysts [...] offer sophisticated treatments of overarching issues and specific cases in this concise! excellent! and very timely account.'' - Richard Kurin! Under Secretary for History! Art! and Culture! Smithsonian Institution Informationen zum Autor Robert Albro, Center for Latin American & Latino Studies, American University, USASteve Coll, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, USARochelle Davis, Georgetown University, USAKerry Fosher, Cultural Anthropologist, USAClementine Fujimura, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, USAPatty Gerstenblith, DePaul University, USABill Ivey, American Folklorist, USALynn H. Nicholas, Author, USARobert A. Rubinstein, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University, USALaurie W. Rush, Cultural Resources Manager and Federal Archaeologist, US Army, USA Klappentext Featuring chapters from social scientists directly engaged with the process, this volume offers a concise introduction to the U.S. military's effort to account for culture and increase its cultural capacity over the last decade. Contributors to this work consider some of the key challenges, lessons learned, and the limits of such efforts. Zusammenfassung Featuring chapters from social scientists directly engaged with the process! this volume offers a concise introduction to the U.S. military's effort to account for culture and increase its cultural capacity over the last decade. Contributors to this work consider some of the key challenges! lessons learned! and the limits of such efforts. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: Military Cultural Capacity after Afghanistan; Robert Albro and Bill Ivey 2. Cautionary Tales from the US Department of Defense's Pursuit of Cultural Expertise; Kerry B. Fosher 3. Changing Culture with Culture at the US Naval Academy; Clementine Fujimura 4. Cultural Education and Training: the Era of COIN; Rochelle Davis 5. Humanitarian-Military Collaboration: Social and Cultural Aspects of Interoperability; Robert A. Rubinstein 6. Unsolved Issues of Protection and Recovery of Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict; Lynn H. Nicholas 7. Beyond the 1954 Hague Convention; Patty Gerstenblith 8. Introducing Cultural Heritage Management to the US Military; Laurie W. Rush 9. A Journalist's Reflections on the Military Cultural Turn; Steve Coll...
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1. Introduction: Military Cultural Capacity after Afghanistan; Robert Albro and Bill Ivey 2. Cautionary Tales from the US Department of Defense's Pursuit of Cultural Expertise; Kerry B. Fosher 3. Changing Culture with Culture at the US Naval Academy; Clementine Fujimura 4. Cultural Education and Training: the Era of COIN; Rochelle Davis 5. Humanitarian-Military Collaboration: Social and Cultural Aspects of Interoperability; Robert A. Rubinstein 6. Unsolved Issues of Protection and Recovery of Cultural Heritage in Times of Conflict; Lynn H. Nicholas 7. Beyond the 1954 Hague Convention; Patty Gerstenblith 8. Introducing Cultural Heritage Management to the US Military; Laurie W. Rush 9. A Journalist's Reflections on the Military Cultural Turn; Steve Coll
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''This benchmark volume examines how the U.S. military has upped its attention to local cultures in order to win wars [...] and enhanced its reputation by providing humanitarian relief and protecting heritage. Expert analysts [...] offer sophisticated treatments of overarching issues and specific cases in this concise, excellent, and very timely account.'' - Richard Kurin, Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
