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Uniform Title Why we fight (2020)
Title Why we fight : new approaches to the human dimension of warfare / edited by Robert C. Engen, H. Christian Breede, and Allan English
Published Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Human dimensions in foreign policy, military studies, and security studies ; 13
Human dimensions in foreign policy, military studies, and security studies ; 13.
Contents Front Matter -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction: The Human Dimensions of War -- Traditional Paradigms of Combat Motivation in the Canadian Military: Teaching Combat Motivation, 1985-2010 -- The Marshall Paradigm: American and Canadian Perspectives -- Different Language, Common Intent: Mutual Understanding between Poles and Canadians, 1944 -- Sexual Violence as Motivation -- Strangers in Arms: Swift Trust and Combat Motivation -- Combat Motivation in the Contemporary Canadian Army -- "Do You Even Pro, Bro?": Persistent Testing of Warrior Identity and the Failure of Cohesion -- Beliefs: What Motivates Insurgents -- Women in Dark Networks: A Case Study on Daesh-Supportive Tumblr Blogs -- "We're going to Afghanistan so that we get a decent deal on softwood lumber": The CIDP Combat Motivation Workshop Concluding Roundtable -- Contributors -- Index
Summary "For decades, the Canadian Armed Forces has used the work of foreign scholars and writers in its professional military education to try to understand the human dimension of warfare: why and how people are motivated to fight, and how they behave once they do fight. Yet the specific Canadian context, experience, and perspective are often lost in favour of appeals to universal truths. The first major Canadian study of combat motivation in almost forty years, Why We Fight redresses this imbalance by presenting some of the best new work on the subject. Bringing together top military practitioners and scholars to discuss some of the most controversial issues of modern warfare, Why We Fight examines the face of battle as experienced by Canadians. It explores sexual violence in war, professionalism, organizations, leadership, shared intent, motivation in extremis, and the toxicity of the "warrior" culture. Its chapters offer key insights on combat motivation theories, the modern operating environment, and the collective and individual identities of the men and women who fight for Canada. Many worry that technology is leading us towards a post-human age, particularly in war. Why We Fight affirms the centrality of the human being in warfare in Canada's past, present, and future."-- Provided by publisher
Analysis Canada
General
History
Military history
Political science & theory
Theory of warfare & military science
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 15, 2021)
Subject Psychology, Military.
Combat -- Psychological aspects.
Military morale -- Canada
Military art and science -- Canada
Military education -- Canada
Motivation (Psychology)
Psychology, Military
Motivation
HISTORY / Canada / General
Armed Forces
Combat -- Psychological aspects
Military art and science
Military education
Military morale
Motivation (Psychology)
Psychology, Military
SUBJECT Canada -- Armed Forces. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98005395
Subject Canada
Form Electronic book
Author Engen, Robert C. (Robert Charles), editor.
Breede, H. Christian, editor.
English, Allan D. (Allan Douglas), 1949- editor.
LC no. 2020476299
ISBN 9780228004479
0228004470
0228004489
9780228004486
9780228003861
0228003865
9780228003878
0228003873