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- Human quicksand for the U.S. Army, a crash course in cultural studies
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2008
“Culture” has become the latest buzzword in military circles—in the Pentagon’s 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review, “cultural awareness” is placed on a par with “kinetic effects,” i.e., those produced by bullets and bombs, as tools for winning “this long war.” The Human Terrain Teams are the vanguard in amassing this arsenal of awareness. Their mission is to learn something, finally, about the people whom the U.S. military has committed itself to defend or to kill.
- Kill Anything That Moves
The Real American War in Vietnam
Resource Type: Book
Published: 2013
Turse demonstrates that violence against Vietnamese noncombatants was not at all exceptional during the American war against Vietnam. Rather, it was pervasive and systematic, the predictable consequence of orders to "kill anything that moves."
- The Mackenzie Institute
Media Profile in Sources
Resource Type: Organization
- Military Cultural Education
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2005
Working with diverse cultures in their home element is more a matter of finesse, diplomacy, and communication than the direct application of coercive power. Success demands an understanding of individual, community, and societal normative patterns as they relate to the tasks soldiers perform and the environment in which they are performed. Cultural education is now necessary as part of soldier and leader development programs.
- Turning Blood into Money
Profiting from Killing
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2013
Yotam Feldman’s documentary The Lab, released in August, is one of the most important exposés of the obscene rationale and execution of Israel’s hugely lucrative arms and security industries through the voices of some of its ex-military key operators: Amos Golan, Shimon Naveh, Leo Gleser, and Yoav Galant.
- The Use of Cultural Studies in Military Operations
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2008
In conflicts where ideas or perceptions are pivotal to establishing lasting resolutions, meaningful cultural understanding is the corner stone to success. Culture is at the crux of this issue, therefore we must develop a method to evaluate various cultural norms and present them in a direct way to the operational forces heading into unique environments.
- 'What can I Do?'
Citizen Strategies for Nuclear Disarmament
Resource Type: Book
Published: 1987
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