Cultural Awareness and Cross Cultural Communication: Combat Multipliers for Leaders in the Next Millennium

Abstract

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1989 ended the Cold War. This resulted in a change of the United States National Security Strategy from containment of communist aggression to engagement worldwide to protect national interests. "Global Meliorism," the aim to spread democracy endorses a strategy of engagement. Globalization, the process of accelerated economic, technological, cultural and political integration continues to bring citizens of all continents closer together. The result of the United States National Security Strategy, is the United States military involved worldwide implementing portions of the engagement strategy. Peacekeeping operations, humanitarian assistance and at times combat operations are conducted. A commonality in all these operations is United States officers and soldiers coordinating and interacting with host nation populaces, government and civil leaders, members of non-governmental agencies, soldiers of foreign armies (allied/coalition/host nation/militias) to accomplish an assigned mission.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 2000
Accession Number
ADA389824

Entities

People

  • George A. Latham Ii

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combat Operations
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Instructors
  • International Organizations
  • Military Education
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Students
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies