The Use of Anthropological Expertise for Military Purposes - with a Focus on the U.S. Military Human Terrain System
Autor: | Thomas Hoehl |
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EAN: | 9783656047667 |
eBook Format: | PDF/ePUB |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Produktart: | eBook |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 04.11.2011 |
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Schlagworte: | Abu Ghraib Anthropology and Counterinsurgency Asymmetric warfare Counterinsurgency Counterinsurgency Field Manual Ethics Human Terrain System Iraq War The Arab Mind |
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Essay from the year 2009 in the subject Communications - Intercultural Communication, grade: 1,0, LMU Munich (Institute for Intercultural Communication), course: Theorien der Interkulturellen Kommunikation, language: English, abstract: This paper analyzes the historical and contemporaneous relationship of anthropological science with military tactics and strategies. It focuses on the Anglo-American perspective of the topic as its main object of study is the U.S. military Human Terrain System, a program which integrates anthropologists into military units to improve their interaction with the local population and thereby help to stabilize the security situation.