Traditions, Changes, and Challenges: Military Operations and the Middle Eastern City

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Página 54 - Muslim culture today is that most of the ruling elites of our societies have gone through a process of disassociation from their cultural roots. This has led to the dichotomisation of cultural perception, where the historic heritage — cultural, religious, spiritual — is identified with the past backwardness and poverty, while the image of "progress" in the future is borrowed from elsewhere, namely the West.
Página 71 - Minnesota, and a Master of Military Art and Science Degree from the US Army Command and General Staff College.
Página 71 - He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, in 1967 and a Master of Arts degree in Fnglish from Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, in 1972.
Página 20 - Islamic prayer that must be performed in the direction of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Página 71 - York and a Master of Arts Degree in International Relations from Salve Regina College in Newport, Rhode Island.
Página i - This call to study and understand history and culture is the first step along that road to critical thinking and adaptability. Thomas T. Smith Lieutenant Colonel, Infantry Director of Combat Studies Foreword i Figures iv Preface v Chapter 1.

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