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Strategic Cultures in Europe

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Strategic culture can be understood in at least three ways. At its simplest, strategic culture might be descriptive of organisational behaviour; “the way that a given strategic community thinks and behaves” (Norheim-Martinsen 2011: 519). Alternatively, strategic culture could be the context within which strategy is made; “Each country’s culture shapes its attitude towards warfare” (Towle 2009: 12).

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    Prof. Dr. Paul Cornish

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Cornish, P. (2013). United Kingdom. In: Biehl, H., Giegerich, B., Jonas, A. (eds) Strategic Cultures in Europe. Schriftenreihe des Zentrums für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr, vol 13. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-01168-0_29

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