How the U.S. Squandered Its Credibility and Hurts Its Missions

Abstract

Trust plays a vital role in all aspects of life, affecting whether goals are met and the cost of achieving them. It affects and is affected by culture, expectations, and behavior. This thesis examines the nature of trust and its role in military operations and winning hearts and minds. It also examines American foreign policy and its relation to trust. Iraq is used as a case study to examine the interaction of U.S. foreign policy and operations with trust and culture. The thesis shows how U.S. policy and actions have undermined trust in the U.S.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2006
Accession Number
ADA462608

Entities

People

  • Shah M. N. Karim

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Climate Change
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Foreign Policy
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Law
  • Military Organizations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.