The Anthropo Factor In Warfare

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Armed Forces
ISBN : UOM:39015025012876

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The Anthropo Factor in Warfare by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : United States
ISBN : UIUC:30112006713355

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The Anthropo Factor in Warfare by Anonim Pdf

Author : Montgomery McFate
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780190934941

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Military Anthropology by Montgomery McFate Pdf

In almost every military intervention in its history, the US has made cultural mistakes that hindered attainment of its policy goals. From the strategic bombing of Vietnam to the accidental burning of the Koran in Afghanistan, it has blundered around with little consideration of local cultural beliefs and for the long-term effects on the host nation's society. Cultural anthropology--the so-called "handmaiden of colonialism"--has historically served as an intellectual bridge between Western powers and local nationals. What light can it shed on the intersection of the US military and foreign societies today? This book tells the story of anthropologists who worked directly for the military, such as Ursula Graham Bower, the only woman to hold a British combat command during WWII. Each faced challenges including the negative outcomes of exporting Western political models and errors of perception. Ranging from the British colonial era in Africa to the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Military Anthropology illustrates the conceptual, cultural and practical barriers encountered by military organisations operating in societies vastly different from their own.

Author : Jonathan Haas
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1990-07-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0521380421

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The Anthropology of War by Jonathan Haas Pdf

The book brings together a group of authors who are addressing the nature and causes of warfare in simpler, tribal societies. The authors represent a range of different opinions about why humans engage in warfare, why wars start, and the role of war in human evolution. Warfare in cultures from several different world areas is considered, ranging over the Amazon, the Caribbean, the Andes, the Southwestern United States, Southeast Asia, Polynesia, and Malaysia. To explain the origins and maintenance of war in tribal societies, different authors appeal to a broad spectrum of demographic, environmental, historical and biological variables. Competing explanatory models of warfare are presented head to head, with overlapping bodies of data offered in support of each.

Author : Keith F. Otterbein
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781478609889

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The Anthropology of War by Keith F. Otterbein Pdf

Keith Otterbein, a long-time authority on anthropological studies of warfare, provides a rich synthesis of theory, literature, and findings developed by anthropologists and scholars from other disciplines. This in-depthyet conciselook at warfare opens with two well-known ethnographic examples of warring peoples: the Dani and the Yanomam. The origins and evolution of war, types of warfare, weapons and tactics, military organizations, and the social bases of war structure discussions within the text. Analyses of historical events and case studies inform readers of different perspectives about why people go to war, how societies can be identified as having war, the elements necessary for war, and how war might be avoided. Otterbein concludes the text by presenting the concept of Positive Peacepromoting peace as a goal of human existenceas a way for humans to eliminate the fatal consequences of war.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 986 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : PSU:000019264769

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The Impact of the Persian Gulf War and the Decline of the Soviet Union on how the United States Does Its Defense Business by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services Pdf

Author : Cameron M. Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2008-08-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470279663

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Anthropology For Dummies by Cameron M. Smith Pdf

Covers the latest competing theories in the field Get a handle on the fundamentals of biological and cultural anthropology When did the first civilizations arise? How many human languages exist? The answers are found in anthropology - and this friendly guide explains its concepts in clear detail. You'll see how anthropology developed as a science, what it tells us about our ancestors, and how it can help with some of the hot-button issues our world is facing today. Discover: How anthropologists learn about the past Humanity's earliest activities, from migration to civilization Why our language differs from other animal communication How to find a career in anthropology

Author : Laura Nader
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781785337079

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Contrarian Anthropology by Laura Nader Pdf

Analyzing the workings of boundary maintenance in the areas of anthropology, energy, gender, and law, Nader contrasts dominant trends in academia with work that pushes the boundaries of acceptable methods and theories. Although the selections illustrate the history of one anthropologist’s work over half a century, the wider intent is to label a field as contrarian to reveal unwritten rules that sometimes hinder transformative thinking and to stimulate boundary crossing in others.

Author : David H. Price
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780822374381

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Cold War Anthropology by David H. Price Pdf

In Cold War Anthropology, David H. Price offers a provocative account of the profound influence that the American security state has had on the field of anthropology since the Second World War. Using a wealth of information unearthed in CIA, FBI, and military records, he maps out the intricate connections between academia and the intelligence community and the strategic use of anthropological research to further the goals of the American military complex. The rise of area studies programs, funded both openly and covertly by government agencies, encouraged anthropologists to produce work that had intellectual value within the field while also shaping global counterinsurgency and development programs that furthered America’s Cold War objectives. Ultimately, the moral issues raised by these activities prompted the American Anthropological Association to establish its first ethics code. Price concludes by comparing Cold War-era anthropology to the anthropological expertise deployed by the military in the post-9/11 era.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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WAR: THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF ARMED CONFLICT AND AGGRESSION by Anonim Pdf

Author : Reinhard Johler,Christian Marchetti,Monique Scheer
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9783839414224

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Doing Anthropology in Wartime and War Zones by Reinhard Johler,Christian Marchetti,Monique Scheer Pdf

World War I marks a well-known turning point in anthropology, and this volume is the first to examine the variety of forms it took in Europe. Distinct national traditions emerged and institutes were founded, partly due to collaborations with the military. Researchers in the cultural sciences used war zones to gain access to »informants«: prisoner-of-war and refugee camps, occupied territories, even the front lines. Anthropologists tailored their inquiries to aid the war effort, contributed to interpretations of the war as a »struggle« between »races«, and assessed the »warlike« nature of the Balkan region, whose crises were key to the outbreak of the Great War.

Author : Donald Vandergriff
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313345630

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Manning the Future Legions of the United States by Donald Vandergriff Pdf

An Industrial Age model continues to shape the way the Army approaches its recruiting, personnel management, training, and education. This outdated personnel management paradigm—designed for an earlier era—has been so intimately tied to the maintenance of Army culture that a self-perpetuating cycle has formed, diminishing the Army's attempts to develop adaptive leaders and institutions. This cycle can be broken only if the Army accepts rapid evolutionary change as the norm of the new era. Recruiting the right people, then having them step into an antiquated organization, means that many of them will not stay as they find their ability to contribute and develop limited by a centralized, hierarchical organization. Recruiting and retention data bear this out. Several factors have combined to force the Army to think about the way it develops and nurtures its leaders. Yet, Vandergriff maintains, mere modifications to today's paradigm may not be enough. Today's Army has to do more than post rhetoric about adaptability on briefing slides and in literature. One cannot divorce the way the Army accesses, promotes, and selects its leaders from its leadership-development model. The Army cannot expect to maintain leaders who grasp and practice adaptability if these officers encounter an organization that is neither adaptive nor innovative. Instead, Army culture must become adaptive, and the personnel system must evolve into one that nurtures adaptability in its policies, practices, and beliefs. Only a detailed, comprehensive plan where nothing is sacred will pave the way to cultural evolution.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112047043291

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History of the 4th Marine Division, 1943-2000 by Anonim Pdf

Author : David Hyndman,Scott Flower
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789813273658

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Crisis Of Cultural Intelligence, The: The Anthropology Of Civil-military Operations by David Hyndman,Scott Flower Pdf

Military and civilian organizations in the past have attempted to understand culture and the cultural environment of conflict zones through anthropology. While there is a small and growing number of studies examining the use of anthropology for counterinsurgency, no studies have compared the Anglo-Saxon ABCA Armies' approaches to understanding cultural factors for counterinsurgency and civil-military operations.Crisis of Cultural Intelligence: The Anthropology of civil-military Operations thus represents a timely investigation into a number of issues regarding the past and present relationship between militarized anthropology, settler colonialism, and Indigenous militancy and the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which has internationalized the claim of encapsulated nations for equal rights. Covering issues such as the use of militarized anthropology in the Vietnam War and the controversial Human Terrain System (HTS) program used in Afghanistan, this book addresses the need for constructive and informed discussions about the nature and function of cultural data collection and analysis for counterinsurgency, peace-building, and conflict prevention operations.Crisis of Cultural Intelligence: The Anthropology of civil-military Operations is particularly important today, as cultural values and heritage continue to inform civil-military interventions of intrastate armed conflict amongst the people. Following the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, this book will provide some insights into how militaries will now need to look ahead and consider the types of conflicts they may become involved in.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Military art and science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105119614340

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Military Review by Anonim Pdf