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Western Military Culture

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This chapter was written by Cheng Yonglin and has been translated by Qiu Qingqing. There are many ways in which military culture can be analyzed. This chapter interprets Western military culture by analyzing its development from the perspectives of practice, technology, and thought.

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Xu, G., Chen, Y., Xu, L. (2018). Western Military Culture. In: Xu, G., Chen, Y., Xu, L. (eds) Understanding Western Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8150-7_4

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