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"We needed cultural intelligence going in. We needed
to understand how the cultures tick, who makes the decisions, what things
are taboo, what things are more acceptable. We go in and apply western logic
and a western culture approach and we always miss the boat. We need a strong
sense of how to operate within their framework and a need to understand how
they operate."
- General Anthony Zinni
"Me and Somalia against the world. Me and my clan against Somalia. Me and my family against my clan.
Me and my brother against my family.
Me against my brother."
- Somali Adage
General
Physical Infrastructure
Social Infrastructure
- Military Geography for
Professionals and the Public - Chapter 9 - Populations (John Collins)
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The World Gazetteer (Urban Data)
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Country Data.com
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Cleanse the Polluted Urban Sea (Dr. Russell Glenn -
Rand Review)
- The Role of Social and Economic Development (Kim Cragin and Peter Chalk - Rand Review)
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The Human
Terrain of Urban Operations (Ralph Peters - Parameters)
- Regional Demographics and the War on Terrorism (Brian Nichiporuk - Rand)
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Cultural Expertise and its Importance in Future Marine Corps Operations (Maj Stephen Kaczmar - USMC CSC 1996)
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Culture... A Neglected Aspect of War (Maj B. C. Lindberg - USMC CSC 1996)
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The Influence of Culture on Post Cold War Military Operations: An Examination of the Need for Cultural Literacy (Maj James Trahan,
USMC)
- Culture Warfare: The End of the Westphalian Bargain? (Maj John O'Rourke, USMC - CSC 1999 - PDF)
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Our Soldiers,
Their Cities (Ralph Peters - Parameters)
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Strategic
Implications of Cultures in Conflicts (Paul Belbutowski - Parameters)
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The Culture of
Future Conflict (Ralph Peters - Parameters)
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The Relationship of Urbanization to the Insurgency in the Gaza Strip (Maj Joseph Molofsky, USMC - CSC 1997)
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Defeating a Warrior Ethos (Capt Phil Cushman, USMC - AWS 2002 - PDF)
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Cultural Differences, East and West: Silent Lessons for Future U.S. Involvement in East Asia (LtCdr Thomas Nolan, USN - USMC CSC 1996)
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Warfighters and Humanitarians: Integrating Technologies to Save Lives (Maj Ronald Zich, USMC - CSC 1997 - PDF)
- Refugees and the Use of Force: A Help or a Hindrance? (Maj Ann Crittenden, USMC - CSC 1999 - PDF)
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Ethnic Conflict: What Kind of War is This? (Dr. Pauletta Otis - Naval War College Review)
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What is Ethnography?
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Ethnicity and Self-Organization (Nils Zurawski)
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Ethnicity: Difference, Violence, and Origins (Nils Zurawski)
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Civil War, Terrorism and Gangs: The System of Sociology and Social Dynamics (Raddai Raikhlin)
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Civilian
Casualties as Psychological Warfare (Jeffrey Tiel - Ashbrook Center)
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Noncombatant Considerations
in Urban Operations (PDF)
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Caution:
Children at War (P. W. Singer - Parameters)
- Child Soldiers: Implications for
U.S. Forces (CETO Seminar Report)
- Child Soldiers: A Growing Threat to U.S. Troops? (Sandra Erwin - National Defense)
- U.N. Lists Forces
Using Child Soldiers (William Reilly - UPI)
- The Contemporary Role of Children as Combatants (Ralph Nichols - CALL)
- The Utility of Using Impressed Child Soldiers in Africa's Contemporary Wars (MAJ Jasom Kadandi Woguwale, Ugandan Army - Air
University 2000 - PDF)
- Facing Saddam's Child Soldiers (P. W. Singer
- PDF)
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Democratization
and Failed States: The Challenges of Ungovernability (Robert Dorff -
Parameters)
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Spotting the
Losers: Seven Signs of Non-Competitive States (Ralph Peters - Parameters)
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The Military Linguist and Cultural Studies
(Defense Language Institute)
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Defense Language
Institute's
Culture Series (World's Cultures)
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World Religions and Cultures (Religions,
Cultural Awareness, Area/Country Studies, Language)
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Thicker Than
Water? Kin, Religion and Conflict in the Balkans (P. H. Liotta and Anna Simons - Parameters)
- War and Religion: Is Religion to Blame? (Maj John Conway, USA)
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The Economic, Energy and
Demographic Causes of Stability and Instability in the Middle East and the Gulf
(Anthony Cordesman - Center for Strategic and International Studies - PDF)
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Ethical Considerations for Islamic Insurgency Movements: A Case Study of the Algerian Civil War 1922-1998 (LtCdr Guy Lee, USN - USMC CSC 2001 - PDF)
- Socioeconomic Roots of Middle East Radicalism (Alan Richards - Naval War College Review)
- The Arab "Street" and the Middle East's Democracy Deficit (Dale Eickelman - Naval War College Review)
- Islamic Perceptions of the U.S. Information Campaign (CETO - 2001 - PDF)
- Turn East From Mecca: Islam's Future Will be Decided on its Frontiers
(Ralph Peters - Washington Post)
- Rolling Back Radical Islam (Ralph Peters - Parameters)
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Voices Who Speak For (and Against) U.S. (Robert
Satloff - Washington Post)
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Middle East: Roots of Conflict (Wu Guiyun - Asia Times)
- Pursuing Seeds of Peace With the Next Generation (Seeds of Peace) (Nora Boustany - Washington Post)
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Legal Perspectives
for Civil-Military Operations in Islamic Countries (LTCOL Vincent Foulk,
USA - Military
Review)
- PBS Show to 'Counter' Perceptions of Islam (Jennifer Harper - Washington Times)
- Air Wars: The Battle for Arabic Television and Radio Audiences (Rand Review)
- Commentary: Ads Don't Cut It In Arab World (Dalal Saoud -
UPI)
- 'Not Free' Trend Cited in Islamic Nations (Tom Carter - Washington Times)
- Islam Online: English Language Newspaper and Other Internet Sites (Urban Operations Journal)
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Sources on Islam (U.S.
Military Academy)
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U.N. Population Report Calls Attacking Poverty "Urgent Priority" (Washington File)
- Jihad Developed From Ancient Religious Decrees (Arnaud de Borchgrave - Washington Times)
- How Islam Tries to Justify War
(Jihad) (Paul Anderson - BBC)
- A Quiet Voice Echoes Among Islamic Radicals (Alan Sipress and Ellen Nakashima - Washington Post)
- Call it by Any Other Name, It Still Adds Up to a Crusade (Dennis Mullin - Washington Post)
- The Concept and Practice of Jihad in Islam (Michael Knapp - Parameters)
- The Philosopher of Islamic Terror (Paul Berman - New York Times)
- Anti-Americanism Spreads in Islamic World (John Hassel - NNS)
- U.S. Shifts Broadcast Focus to Muslims (BBC)
- Rivalry for Eyes of Arab World - New TV
Stations Take on Al-Jazeera (Anthony Shadid - Washington Post)
- New Arab News Channel to Air (Nadia Abou El-Magd
- AP)
- TV News Rival Set to Take on Al Jazeera (AP)
- New pan-Arab TV Goes on Air (BBC)
- Islam: Facilitation or Truth? (CWO3 J. R. Murphy, USMCR - Marine Corps Gazette)
- Bin Laden Seeks to Widen U.S.-Muslim Gap (Anwar Iqbal - UPI)
- Failure and Fantasy: Understanding the Arab World (Lee Harris - Tech Central Station)
- Afghanistan's Gun Culture Challenge (Kylie Morris - BBC)
- Young Girls Sold as Brides by Desperate Afghan Poor (Marc Kaufman - Washington Post)
- Speaking Out Over Jordan's
'Honor Killings' (BBC)
- A Turkish Voice Explains the Islamic Movement (Nora Boustany - Washington Post)
- Arabs 'Humiliated' by Baghdad's Collapse - 'Despair' Over Lack of Iraqi Fight (Alan Sipress - Washington Post)
- Terror's Allure in Casablanca Slum (Philip Smucker - Christian Science Monitor)
- Saddam's Influence of Arab TV (Paul Martin - Washington Times)
- Middle East Democracy Seen Taking Root (David Sands - Washington Times)
- Arab Condemnation of Bombings Reflect Dominant U.S. Role in Region (Jefferson Morley - Washington Post)
- Saudi and Moroccan Bombings May Spur
Antiterrorist Unity (Howard LaFranchi - Christian Science Monitor)
- Some Arabs Lash Out at Terror Groups (Paul Garwood - AP)
- Al Jazeera Chief 'Sacked' (BBC)
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Al Jazeera Defends War Reports (BBC)
- Arab Street Hate - Arab Leader Hate (Austin Bay - Strategy Page)
- Commentary: Osama's Global Fan Club (Arnaud de Borchgrave - UPI)
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