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Putting It All Together: Building an Effective Strategic Narrative

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The Politics of Civil-Military Cooperation

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Abstract

The evolution of civil–military cooperation as a military activity can be seen as an attempt by the Canadian Army to come to terms with its identity as a fighting organization. By putting civil–military cooperation into a decidedly warfighting context, they have been able to distance themselves from the image of peacekeeping. This allowed them to develop a mature and balanced account of what they do, even if it is not practised consistently yet.

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Ankersen, C. (2014). Putting It All Together: Building an Effective Strategic Narrative. In: The Politics of Civil-Military Cooperation. Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137003355_8

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