Montgomery Mcfate: 2 books
by Montgomery McFate
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2014
British forces conducted operations short of war in Northern Ireland for twenty-five years, yet they were unable to defeat the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). In this heretofore unpublished dissertation from 1994, McFate identifies how certain cultural, legal, and political factors contributed...
Military Anthropology
Soldiers, Scholars and Subjects at the Margins of Empire
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
In almost every military intervention in its history, the US has made cultural mistakes that hindered attainment of its policy goals. From the strategic bombing of Vietnam to the accidental burning of the Koran in Afghanistan, it has blundered around with little consideration of local cultural beliefs...