Abstract
The defense community finally has accepted that strategic culture is a vitally important concept with significant implications. There are difficulties, however, in finding a methodology to study it and, indeed, in understanding just how it “works.” Scholars cannot even agree on how to define strategic culture, even though, clearly, culture is of the utmost importance. This article addresses the many challenges that accompany the study of culture and warns that it is not a panacea for strategic dilemmas. It also warns that it is possible that the current enthusiasm for cultural study and culturally informed strategic behavior soon will fade.
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