# From culture-specific to the universal in the US counter-insurgency manual

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The piece argues that culture-specific meanings of politeness and professionalism undermine universal instructions in a counterinsurgency manual.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 24 August 2007

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 24 August 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: war, culture, pragmatics.

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