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The Past and Future of Iraq
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In: DTIC (2005)
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Abstract:
Since the 1950s, the Marine Corps has played an increasing role in the national strategy of preserving peace as part of nation-building operations. While these operations have ranged from expeditionary forces conducting security for local U.S. embassies to peace making and peace keeping operations, the Marine Corps currently faces its largest deployment as peace makers/peace keepers since the American presence in 1980s Beirut, Lebanon. In that operation, 241 Marines died in a terrorist bombing of the Marine Amphibious Unit headquarters due to a failure to understand the culture in which they were operating. While not completely analogous, Lebanon provides many useful lessons for today's Marines in Iraq. Therefore, to deal with the Iraqi insurgency, the USMC must understand Iraqi cultural influences, recognize local power bases, and maintain a balanced position of strength, compassion, and equality.
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Keyword:
*COMMUNITY RELATIONS; *COUNTERINSURGENCY; *CROSS CULTURAL TRAINING; *CROSS CULTURE(SOCIOLOGY); *IRAQI WAR; *ISLAM; *LANGUAGE TRAINING; *MARINE CORPS; *PREDEPLOYMENT TRAINING; BAATHIST PARTY; CULTURAL AWARENESS; CULTURAL DIFFERENCES; FOREIGN LANGUAGES; HISTORY; HUSSEIN SADDAM; ILLEGITIMATE LEADERS; INSURGENCY; ISLAMIST EXTREMISTS; KURDS; LEADERSHIP; Linguistics; MARINE CORPS PERSONNEL; SECTARIAN VIOLENCE; SHIA MUSLIMS; Sociology and Law; SUNNI MUSLIMS; TRIBES; Unconventional Warfare
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URL: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA504460
http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA504460
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