Culture and the Soldier
Identities, Values, and Norms in Military Engagements
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2019
- Category
- General, Military Policy
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780774860857
- Publish Date
- Oct 2019
- List Price
- $89.95
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774860888
- Publish Date
- Oct 2019
- List Price
- $34.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780774860864
- Publish Date
- Apr 2020
- List Price
- $34.95
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Description
Countries have instituted policies to make their armed forces more inclusive, and soldiers now undergo cultural awareness training before seeing active duty. Policy makers and military organizations agree that culture is important. But what does “culture” mean in practice, and how is it important? Culture and the Soldier answers these questions by examining how culture both shapes the military and can be wielded by it, to good or ill effect. Through case studies from Europe and North America, this volume offers provocative insights into how culture can be deployed to improve armed forces at home and in military engagements abroad.
About the author
H. Christian Breede is associate professor of political science at the Royal Military College of Canada, a serving infantry officer, co-editor of Going to War? Trends in Military Interventions, author of The Idea of Failed States, and editor of Culture and the Solder.
