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Warfare in the 21st century is far different than warfare
throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Conventional warfare was
about kinetic force and bending an adversary by might and strength.
Skills valued were those related to mastery of weapons and placing
ordnance on target. Courage and valor were defined by conflict,
militaries were distinct from the population, and occupation was an
enduring stage of war. Contemporary warfare, besides continuing to
be an exercise in military strength, is composed of missions that
depend on skills to forge interpersonal relationships and build
sustainable partnerships with a host of actors that once had no
voice or role in conflict's duration or conclusion. Today, final
victory does not conclude directly from conflict, in fact victory
may be subsumed into the larger and more consuming equation of
international stability. Twenty-first century warfare is about
counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism through an array of
strategies that foster collusion and collaboration not
acquiescence.Cross-cultural competence (3C) is a suite of
competencies and enablers that have been identified as critical to
instill in expeditionary military and civilian personnel in the
Department of Defense (DoD). Defined as a set of knowledge, skills,
abilities and attitudes (KSAAs), 3C promotes effective interaction
across cultural divides through exchanging ideas and meaning across
cultures, facilitating effective cross-cultural interactions to
develop and sustain relationships and providing a means to discern
meaning from foreign and culturally different behavior. 3C
permeates DoD policy, doctrine, strategy and operations and is now
being institutionalized in DoD military and civilian education and
training. Cross-Cultural Competence for a Twenty-First-Century
Military: Culture, the Flipside of COIN is a volume edited by two
acknowledged experts on 3C in military learning, policy and
research and explores the value and necessity of 3C to developing
21st Century warfighters. This volume features chapters by the
editors and a host of multidisciplinary experts that probes all
aspects of 3C, from concept to application. The message carried
throughout Cross-Cultural Competence for a 21st Century Military is
that contemporary and future security endeavors will be successful
because winning wars ultimately rest on developing and sustaining
cross-cultural relationships as much as it does on weapons and
force.
A Trio of Childhood Friends Reunite in an Attempt to Heal their
Emotional Scars; Amy is a thirty-something lesbian who escaped her
small, Midwestern hometown to pursue an academic career and
establish an outwardly happy life with her lover, Robin. After
years away, she returns to visit the people she's left behind -
only to discover that her old friends Gina and Gavin have learned
to dissociate from their pasts in extreme ways that rival her own.
Amy's tendency toward self-mutilation parallels both Gavin's
anorexia and Gina's moody detachment from life, and Amy soon begins
to fear for Gavin's life while becoming more and more bewildered by
Gina's behaviour. As past and present collide and the visit extends
far beyond its intended length. Amy finds that she must reconcile
the tense relationship with her family and her long-standing
attraction to Gina, as well as her past romantic experimentation
with Gavin. Together, Amy, Gina, and Gavin examine the scars - both
emotional and physical, visible and invisible - that pervade their
still-unresolved lives.
Warfare in the 21st century is far different than warfare
throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. Conventional warfare was
about kinetic force and bending an adversary by might and strength.
Skills valued were those related to mastery of weapons and placing
ordnance on target. Courage and valor were defined by conflict,
militaries were distinct from the population, and occupation was an
enduring stage of war. Contemporary warfare, besides continuing to
be an exercise in military strength, is composed of missions that
depend on skills to forge interpersonal relationships and build
sustainable partnerships with a host of actors that once had no
voice or role in conflict's duration or conclusion. Today, final
victory does not conclude directly from conflict, in fact victory
may be subsumed into the larger and more consuming equation of
international stability. Twenty-first century warfare is about
counterinsurgency and counter-terrorism through an array of
strategies that foster collusion and collaboration not
acquiescence.Cross-cultural competence (3C) is a suite of
competencies and enablers that have been identified as critical to
instill in expeditionary military and civilian personnel in the
Department of Defense (DoD). Defined as a set of knowledge, skills,
abilities and attitudes (KSAAs), 3C promotes effective interaction
across cultural divides through exchanging ideas and meaning across
cultures, facilitating effective cross-cultural interactions to
develop and sustain relationships and providing a means to discern
meaning from foreign and culturally different behavior. 3C
permeates DoD policy, doctrine, strategy and operations and is now
being institutionalized in DoD military and civilian education and
training. Cross-Cultural Competence for a Twenty-First-Century
Military: Culture, the Flipside of COIN is a volume edited by two
acknowledged experts on 3C in military learning, policy and
research and explores the value and necessity of 3C to developing
21st Century warfighters. This volume features chapters by the
editors and a host of multidisciplinary experts that probes all
aspects of 3C, from concept to application. The message carried
throughout Cross-Cultural Competence for a 21st Century Military is
that contemporary and future security endeavors will be successful
because winning wars ultimately rest on developing and sustaining
cross-cultural relationships as much as it does on weapons and
force.
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