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Social Science Goes to War: The Human Terrain System in Iraq and Afghanistan - Couverture souple

 
9780190216726: Social Science Goes to War: The Human Terrain System in Iraq and Afghanistan
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0190216727 ISBN 13 : 9780190216726
Editeur : Oxford University Press, USA, 2015

Synopsis

The Human Terrain System (HTS) was catapulted into existence in 2006 by the US military's urgent need for knowledge of the human dimension of the battlespace in Iraq and Afghanistan. Its centrepiece was embedded groups of mixed military and civilian personnel, known as Human Terrain Teams (HTTs), whose mission was to conduct social science research and analysis and to advise military commanders about the local population. Bringing social science - and actual social scientists - to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan was bold and challenging. Despite the controversy over HTS among scholars, there is little good, reliable source material written by those with experience of HTS or about the actual work carried out by teams in theatre. This volume goes beyond the anecdotes, snippets and blogs to provide a comprehensive, objective and detailed view of HTS. The contributors put the program in historical context, discuss the obstacles it faced, analyse its successes, and detail the work of the teams downrange. Most importantly, they capture some of the diverse lived experience of HTS scholars and practitioners drawn from an eclectic array of the social sciences.

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À propos de l'auteur

Montgomery McFate is a cultural anthropologist who works on defence and national security issues. She is the Minerva Chair at the Center for Naval Warfare Studies at the US Naval War College and has been profiled in the New Yorker, Elle and the Atlantic Monthly.

Janice H. Laurence is a professor in the College of Education at Temple University and is an internationally recognized military psychologist.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press, USA
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0190216727
ISBN 13 
9780190216726
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Éditeur
McFate Montgomery, Laurence Janice H
Coordonnées du fabricant
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