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The military and conflict between cultures : soldiers at the interface /
"As the twenty-first century approaches and the threat of war between the superpowers declines, our attention is drawn to conflicts between nations or ethnic groups with vastly different cultures. The United States, the last superpower, is divided in its motives to maintain its giant Cold War m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station, Tex. :
Texas A & M University Press,
©1997.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. |
| Colección: | Texas A & M University military history series ;
50. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction: cross-cultural military relations / Roger Beaumont
- I: the premodern era
- Light troops in classical armies: an overview of roles, functions, and factors affecting combat effectiveness / John F. Guilmartin, Jr.
- Gunpowder and regional military systems / Dennis Showalter
- II: Western forces and indigenous peoples
- Cultural clash on the Western North American frontier: military implications / Robert M. Utley
- Civilization the military way: the generals' view of the Plains Indians, 1866-91 / John W. Bailey
- "Civilization" battles "Barbarism": the limits of Argentine Indian frontier strategies / Richard W. Slatta
- III" Twentieth-century cultural perceptions
- French colonial forces on the Saharan Rim / Douglas Porch
- Leaders and followers: a half-century of the U.S. military in the Philippine Islands / Carol Morris Petillo
- IV: Reflections
- Reflections on intercultural command / Robin Higham.