This Civil Affairs handbook details the issue of propaganda in Europe during the Second World War. Headings include principal German propaganda agencies operating abroad, propaganda in combat and communication zones, transition from propaganda in...
In 742, a predominantly Turko-Mongolian steppe nomadic tribe known today as the Uyghurs migrated eastward from eastern Turkey towards the oases of modern-day Xinjiang province of China; they have remained there for the last 1,268 years. Throughout...
During the Philippine and Vietnam Wars, the United States failed to achieve cultural awareness which resulted in resistance from local populace. This lack of cultural understanding resulted in prolong wars and resulted in the lost of many lives.
There are multiple United States military lessons-learned studies from past wars and battles from the Indian Wars to Afghanistan and Iraq. In these, there are many instances where a lack of cultural understanding or achieving cultural understanding...
From the initial invasion in 2001 through the ongoing counterinsurgency (COIN) operations in Afghanistan, the U.S. Army has been challenged with truly understanding the socio-cultural dynamics of the local populace which has become known as the...
The need for cultural understanding has long been supported by numerous failures that have taken place throughout the world. Our country did not fully understand the culture of the country that we have invaded and often failed to consider cultural...
Within the literature on Systemic Operational Design, discourse is generally treated as a mechanical communicative process. The monograph presents alternative ways to consider discourse, the implications of this for theory of Systemic Operational...
This research discusses how the reluctance to change culture is affecting the internal peace and stability of Nepal. The Nepali culture, despite undergoing some changes, still has discriminatory practices with respect to caste, gender, and...
In an age predominated by states but rife with non-state actors, failing states, increasingly fluid boundaries, disenfranchised yet interconnected populations, and increasingly self-aware cultures, the United States must develop a foreign policy...
A comparison and contrast was done using examples of military forces succeeding or failing to achieve cultural understanding during the course of military operations. The goal was to choose examples of operations conducted by military forces and...
Abstract: This essay explores the importance of military forces achieving cultural understanding in order to attain strategic goals in their area of operations. The study compares the United States Army's failures in the post-Civil War south during...
This study is a resource Soldiers can use to help prepare for a deployment to Afghanistan by creating a self-development plan using technology supported tools. First, the study identifies some types of knowledge technology supported tools can...
This monograph began as an investigation to determine if either Effects-Based Operations (EBO) or Systemic Operational Design (SOD) should replace the traditional Military Decision-Making Process (MDMP). It soon became clear that the approaches do...
Military leaders face many decisions in planning for successful operations. Leaders prepare for each mission in that operation. They plan for needed equipment and training. They factor in critical elements such as terrain and time. History shows us...
The U.S. military has endured failures in the areas of understanding and performance of cultural awareness. The military must continue to prepare its warriors in order to be fully aware of the cultural environment that they will face during...
Thesis: Cultural understanding is the most important aspect a Special Forces Soldier must consider when utilizing indigenous forces in combat.
Abstract: Many similarities are present when comparing the United States Army Special Forces’...
Despite its domination of conventional warfare the United States military finds itself in a quagmire concerning the unconventional fight in Iraq. Never a strong suit of the United States military, the insurgency is testing both the patience and the...
Cultural understanding and foreign language are and will remain essential skills for Army personnel. An understanding of cultural and language is just as critical as the enemy order of combat. Cultural understanding is required both to defeat enemy...
The United States Military fought in two different operating environments during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. These conflicts involved follow on operations and continuous operations in dealing with the aftermath of both wars....