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- catalog abstract ""As the twenty-first century approaches and the threat of war between the superpowers declines, our attention is drawn to conflicts between nations or ethnic groups with vastly different cultures. The United States, the last superpower, is divided in its motives to maintain its giant Cold War military structure or to create a new world police force that will react to and influence the outcome of intercultural conflict." "Brought together by James C. Bradford, these essays by prominent military historians cover three thousand years and five continents in treating various examples of intercultural interaction."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10292767.
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description ""As the twenty-first century approaches and the threat of war between the superpowers declines, our attention is drawn to conflicts between nations or ethnic groups with vastly different cultures. The United States, the last superpower, is divided in its motives to maintain its giant Cold War military structure or to create a new world police force that will react to and influence the outcome of intercultural conflict." "Brought together by James C. Bradford, these essays by prominent military historians cover three thousand years and five continents in treating various examples of intercultural interaction."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references.".
- catalog description "Introduction: cross-cultural military relations / Roger Beaumont -- I: the premodern era -- Light troops in classical armies: an overview of roles, functions, and factors affecting combat effectiveness / John F. Guilmartin, Jr. -- Gunpowder and regional military systems / Dennis Showalter -- II: Western forces and indigenous peoples -- Cultural clash on the Western North American frontier: military implications / Robert M. Utley -- Civilization the military way: the generals' view of the Plains Indians, 1866-91 / John W. Bailey -- "Civilization" battles "Barbarism": the limits of Argentine Indian frontier strategies / Richard W. Slatta -- III" Twentieth-century cultural perceptions -- French colonial forces on the Saharan Rim / Douglas Porch -- Leaders and followers: a half-century of the U.S. military in the Philippine Islands / Carol Morris Petillo -- IV: Reflections -- Reflections on intercultural command / Robin Higham.".
- catalog extent "xxi, 236 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Military and conflict between cultures.".
- catalog identifier "0890967431".
- catalog isFormatOf "Military and conflict between cultures.".
- catalog isPartOf "Texas A & M University military history series ; 50".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press,".
- catalog relation "Military and conflict between cultures.".
- catalog subject "303.6/6 20".
- catalog subject "Culture conflict.".
- catalog subject "Ethnic relations.".
- catalog subject "GN497 .M55 1997".
- catalog subject "Military art and science Cross-cultural studies.".
- catalog subject "War and society Cross-cultural studies.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: cross-cultural military relations / Roger Beaumont -- I: the premodern era -- Light troops in classical armies: an overview of roles, functions, and factors affecting combat effectiveness / John F. Guilmartin, Jr. -- Gunpowder and regional military systems / Dennis Showalter -- II: Western forces and indigenous peoples -- Cultural clash on the Western North American frontier: military implications / Robert M. Utley -- Civilization the military way: the generals' view of the Plains Indians, 1866-91 / John W. Bailey -- "Civilization" battles "Barbarism": the limits of Argentine Indian frontier strategies / Richard W. Slatta -- III" Twentieth-century cultural perceptions -- French colonial forces on the Saharan Rim / Douglas Porch -- Leaders and followers: a half-century of the U.S. military in the Philippine Islands / Carol Morris Petillo -- IV: Reflections -- Reflections on intercultural command / Robin Higham.".
- catalog title "The military and conflict between cultures : soldiers at the interface / edited by James C. Bradford.".
- catalog type "Cross-cultural studies. fast".
- catalog type "text".