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Author Finlan, Alistair

Title The Royal Navy in the Falklands Conflict and the Gulf War : Culture and Strategy
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2004
©1950

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Description 1 online resource (233 pages)
Series British Politics and Society
British politics and society.
Contents Book Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Culture and the Royal Navy -- Culture, Strategy and the Falklands Conflict -- Culture and Operations in the South Atlantic -- Culture, Strategy and the Gulf War -- Culture and Operations in the Persian Gulf -- Cultural Comparisons: The Falklands Conflict, the Gulf War and the Future -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary This book suggests that institutional culture can account for a great deal of the activities and rationale of the Royal Navy. War highlights the role of culture in military organizations and as such acts as a spotlight by which this phenomenon can be assessed seperately and then in comparison in order to demonstrate the influence of institutional culture on strategy
Notes Publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Subject Falkland Islands War, 1982 -- Naval operations, British
Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Naval operations, British
Armed Forces
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Royal Navy -- History -- 20th century
Great Britain -- Royal Navy -- History -- Falkland Islands War, 1982
Great Britain -- Royal Navy -- History -- Persian Gulf War, 1991
Subject Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203499375
0203499379