How Western Soldiers Fight: Organizational Routines in Multinational Missions

ISBN-13: 9781108429108 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 320 str.

Cornelius Friesendorf

Opis

This study of military routines is vital for understanding why soldiers from Western democracies participating in multinational missions vary in their use of force.

Recenzje

'Anyone wondering why the US Army applied warfighting templates to multinational missions in the Balkans and Afghanistan whereas British soldiers patrolled on foot, Germans stayed inside their camps and Italians prioritized crime-fighting should read this book. Unlike most accounts of military interventions, How Western Soldiers Fight uses micro-level routines and behaviour patterns to reveal what really shapes missions.' Alice Hills, Durham University

Spis treści

Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Soldiers and unconventional problems; 3. Potential explanations of military behavior; 4. Organizational routines; 5. How military routines evolved; 6. Bosnia-Herzegovina; 7. Kosovo; 8. Afghanistan; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.