Cross-cultural competence for a twenty-first-century military : culture, the flipside of COIN

Cross-cultural competence for a twenty-first-century military : culture, the flipside of COIN / Robert Greene Sands and Allison Greene-Sands.

Cross-Cultural Competence for a Twenty-First-Century Military: Culture, the Flipside of COIN suggests that the application of cross-cultural competence to the unique environment of expeditionary deployment through military objectives is one of the most important force enablers in today's U.S. i...

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Main Author: Sands, Robert Greene, 1957-
Other Authors: Greene-Sands, Allison
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, [2014]
Subjects:
Military education > United States.
Intercultural communication > United States.
Cultural competence > United States.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
Armed Forces > Foreign service
Cultural competence
Intercultural communication
Military education
United States > Armed Forces > Foreign service.
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • LIST OF TABLES
  • LIST OF FIGURES
  • FOREWORD
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • SECTION ONE
  • 1 Why Cross-cultural Competence?
  • 2 The Historical Development of Cross-cultural Competence
  • 3 A Developmental Model for Cross-cultural Competence
  • 4 Institutionalizing Cross-cultural Competence in Department of Defense Policy
  • SECTION TWO
  • 5 COIN and Beyond
  • 6 Cross-cultural Competence Is Not Always Intuitive
  • 7 Why Cross-cultural Competence Is in the Tool Kit for Foreign Area Officers
  • 8 Cross-cultural Competence and Civil-Military Operations
  • SECTION THREE
  • 9 Instrumentation Challenges in Developing Cross-cultural Competence Models
  • 10 Developing Cross-cultural Competence Following Negative Cross-cultural Experiences
  • 11 Complications in Cross-cultural Communications: Using Interpreters
  • 12 Cross-cultural Influence and the Advising Mission: Empirical Findings and the Way Ahead
  • SECTION FOUR
  • 13 Cross-cultural Communication Contributions to Professional Military Education: A Distance Learning Case Study
  • 14 Cross-cultural Competence in the Classroom: Measuring Instructional Effectiveness
  • 15 Where's the "So What?": Teaching Culture in the Marine Corps
  • 16 Cross-cultural Competence Plus Language: Capturing the Essence of Intercultural Communication
  • SECTION FIVE
  • 17 Cross-cultural Competence as a Critical Enabler for Security Force Assistance Missions
  • 18 Raumschach Negotiations
  • 19 Diversity and Cross-cultural Competence
  • ABOUT THE AUTHORS.

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