Culture Wars: Air Force Culture and Civil - Military Relations - USAF History on Dealing with National Policy, Case Studies of Operation Desert Storm and Northern/Southern Watch, Decade of Quasi-War

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Cover of the book Culture Wars: Air Force Culture and Civil - Military Relations - USAF History on Dealing with National Policy, Case Studies of Operation Desert Storm and Northern/Southern Watch, Decade of Quasi-War by Progressive Management, Progressive Management
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Author: Progressive Management ISBN: 9781370921799
Publisher: Progressive Management Publication: September 8, 2016
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Progressive Management
ISBN: 9781370921799
Publisher: Progressive Management
Publication: September 8, 2016
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

This excellent report, professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, studies American civil-military relations at the level of an individual military service and considers the impact of the Air Force's organizational culture on its civil-military relationship. Whereas most of the literature on civil-military relations treats the military as a unitary actor, this study considers the services as separate entities with unique self-interests. Furthermore, each of the four services is understood to have a unique organizational culture that guides and constrains its members' thinking. Using the structural framework of agency theory, in this work the author explores the causal impact of the Air Force's organizational culture on its calculus of cooperating with or resisting a national policy. It reviews the relevant literature on civil-military relations and organizational theory and then build a conceptual bridge between them. Next, the work considers the history of the Air Force to discern several basic assumptions that shape its unique culture. These cultural insights then inform two case studies—Operation Desert Storm and Operations Northern and Southern Watch—that demonstrate the causal impact of the Air Force's culture on its civil-military relationship. In the final section the report summarizes the key findings of the study and suggest logical trailheads for extending this line of research.

Chapter 1 - Introduction * Chapter 2 - Theories of Civil-Military Relations * Chapter 3 - The Power of Organizational Culture * Chapter 4 - Desert Storm: A Case of Curious Working * Chapter 5 - Keeping Watch: A Decade of Quasi War * Chapter 6 - Conclusions

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This excellent report, professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction, studies American civil-military relations at the level of an individual military service and considers the impact of the Air Force's organizational culture on its civil-military relationship. Whereas most of the literature on civil-military relations treats the military as a unitary actor, this study considers the services as separate entities with unique self-interests. Furthermore, each of the four services is understood to have a unique organizational culture that guides and constrains its members' thinking. Using the structural framework of agency theory, in this work the author explores the causal impact of the Air Force's organizational culture on its calculus of cooperating with or resisting a national policy. It reviews the relevant literature on civil-military relations and organizational theory and then build a conceptual bridge between them. Next, the work considers the history of the Air Force to discern several basic assumptions that shape its unique culture. These cultural insights then inform two case studies—Operation Desert Storm and Operations Northern and Southern Watch—that demonstrate the causal impact of the Air Force's culture on its civil-military relationship. In the final section the report summarizes the key findings of the study and suggest logical trailheads for extending this line of research.

Chapter 1 - Introduction * Chapter 2 - Theories of Civil-Military Relations * Chapter 3 - The Power of Organizational Culture * Chapter 4 - Desert Storm: A Case of Curious Working * Chapter 5 - Keeping Watch: A Decade of Quasi War * Chapter 6 - Conclusions

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