At war with social theory: instrumental and communicative action in US military doctrine during the war on terror/ Stephen Pampinella
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Small Wars & Insurgencies Vol 26 No 5, October 2015, pp.721-743 (97) Summary: In this article, the author makes a comparison theories of intrumental and communicative action to US doctrine for operational design, stability operations and counterinsurgency. He argues that the people were treated as an object to be manipulated for the achievement of pre-determined self-interested strategic goals rather than members of a community that jointly designs operations to fulfill shared objectives. However, he pointed out that US doctrine does contain communicative elements that, if prioritized, would better support humanitarian and state-building objectives otherwise subordinated in the War on Terror.
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| Journal Article | Mindef Library & Info Centre Journals | UNITED STATES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 46332-1001 |
In this article, the author makes a comparison theories of intrumental and communicative action to US doctrine for operational design, stability operations and counterinsurgency. He argues that the people were treated as an object to be manipulated for the achievement of pre-determined self-interested strategic goals rather than members of a community that jointly designs operations to fulfill shared objectives. However, he pointed out that US doctrine does contain communicative elements that, if prioritized, would better support humanitarian and state-building objectives otherwise subordinated in the War on Terror.
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