'Innovate or die': Organizational culture and the origins of maneuver warfare in the United States Marine Corps

Journal of Strategic Studies

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 475-503

  Terriff, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Culture; Identity; Maneuver warfare; Marine Corps; Military change; Military innovation; Post Vietnam; Warfighting

Indexed keywords

ARMED FORCES; CULTURAL IDENTITY; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; WAR;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745842866     PISSN: 01402390     EISSN: 1743937X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01402390600765892     Document Type: Review

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