Military Operations and the Failure to Achieve Cultural Understanding

Abstract

Failing to achieve cultural understanding has shown to be counterproductive to the success of military operations. Past military operations have resulted in failure or experienced difficulties due to the neglect of cultural understandings of the local populace. As technology and tactics change the cultural understanding of people remain as an important objective to achieve success. Understanding the results of past operations can assist in increased awareness and training to improve the military for success in future situations. Examples of past failures during armed military operations in Cuba and the Philippines will be compared to the successes during recent operations in Iraq.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 2009
Accession Number
AD1112537

Entities

People

  • James A. Earp

Organizations

  • United States Army Sergeants Major Academy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Affairs
  • Education
  • Force Protection
  • Fresh Water
  • Governments
  • Guerrilla Warfare
  • History
  • Infrastructure
  • International Law
  • Islands
  • Lessons Learned
  • Local Governments
  • Military Governments
  • Military History
  • Military Operations
  • Philippines
  • Public Opinion
  • Resistance
  • Task Forces
  • Training
  • United States

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  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Strategic Security Studies