Examines how culture can impact the relations between Western militaries and their non-Western allies. Military forces of dissimilar cultures working together are committed to a similar end goal, but their cooperation could be marred by tension related to their different cultural backgrounds. Luft investigates five case studies of military cooperation, describing the squabbles between German advisors and their Ottoman counterparts in WWI, the difficult relations between American and Chinese generals during WWII, how American generals in Saudi Arabia bent over backwards to curry favor with their hosts, and how the Israelis' misunderstanding of their Lebanese allies shaped today's Middle East. -- from Publisher description.

Print on demand publishing. Copyrighted by the author in 2009. "22 January 2010." "Beer, Bacon and Bullets: Culture in Coalition Warfare from Gallipoli to Iraq by Gal Luft examines how culture can impact the relations between Western militaries and their non-Western allies. Military forces of dissimilar cultures working together are committed to a similar end goal, but their cooperation could be marred by tension related to their different cultural backgrounds. Luft investigates five case studies of military cooperation, describing the squabbles between German advisors and their Ottoman counterparts in WWI, the difficult relations between American and Chinese generals during WWII, how American generals in Saudi Arabia bent over backwards to curry favor with their hosts, and how the Israelis' misunderstanding of their Lebanese allies shaped today's Middle East. Provocative and original, Luft's book suggests that by understanding other military cultures, we could also improve the performance of America's military abroad"--Publisher description.

Preface -- Introduction -- Culture and war -- Pashas and Prussians: Ottoman Turkey and Germany during World War I -- Tommy drinks saki: the Anglo-Japanese World War I alliance -- GI's in the land of the Mandarin: U.S. military mission in China 1941-45 -- Coalition of prohibition: U.S. and Saudi Arabia in the Gulf War -- Sabras among the cedars: Israel and the South Lebanon Army, 1985 - 2000 -- Culture warriors -- Epilogue