In this stimulating new text, renowned military historian Jeremy
Black unpacks the concept of culture as a descriptive and
analytical approach to the history of warfare. Black takes the
reader through the limits and prospects of culture as a tool for
analyzing war, while also demonstrating the necessity of
maintaining the context of alternative analytical matrices, such as
technology.
Black sets out his unique approach to culture and warfare
without making his paradigm into a straightjacket. He goes on to
demonstrate the flexibility of his argument through a series of
case studies which include the contexts of rationale (Gloire),
strategy (early modern Britaisn), organizations (the modern West),
and ideologies (the Cold War). These case studies drive home the
point at the core of the book: culture is not a bumper sticker; it
is a survival mechanism. Culture is not immutable; it is
adaptable.
Wide-ranging, international and always provocative, "War and the
Cultural Turn "will be required reading for all students of
military history and security studies.
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