Military Cooperation in Multinational Peace Operations: Managing Cultural Diversity and Crisis Response [Hardcover]

This edited volume uses theoretical overviews and empirical case studies to explore both how soldiers cope with the new forms of cultural diversity occurring within various multinational military operations, and how their organizations manage them.

Military organizations, like other complex organizations, are now operating in an ever more diverse environment, with the missions themselves being ever more varied, and mostly conducted in a multinational framework. Members of the military have to deal with a host of international actors in the theatre of operations, and do so in a foreign cultural environment, often in countries devastated by war. Such conditions demand a high level of intercultural competence. It is therefore crucial for military organizations to understand how military personnel manage this cultural diversity.

This book will be of much interest to students of peace operations, military studies, international security, as well as sociology and business studies.

1. Introduction Joseph Soeters and Philippe Manigart&nbsp; Part 1: Thematic Overviews&nbsp; 2. The UN: Multinational Cooperation in Peace Operations Donna Winslow&nbsp; 3. The Interplay Between the Transnational and Multinational: Intercultural Integrating Mechanisms in UN Peace Operations Efrat Elron&nbsp; 4. Leadership and Management Teams in Multinational Military Cooperation Angela Febbraro&nbsp; 5. Tough Talk: Clear and Cluttered Communication in Peace Operations Andrea van Dijk&nbsp; Part 2: Case Studies&nbsp; 6. The British Way of War: The UK Approach to Multinational Operations Anthony King&nbsp; 7. A Regional Recipe for Success: Multinational Peace Operations in East Timor John R. Ballard&nbsp; <lc$