{"product_id":"save-your-ammo-louise-rasmussen-9781733410205","title":"Save Your Ammo: Working Across Cultures for National Security","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe believed that eating my heart would transfer my abilities to him. I knew that once we started shooting, it would be a foregone conclusion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen you work in foreign environments it can seem like the principles for getting things done are blown out of the water. How do you accomplish your mission? And get home safe?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSave Your Ammo is a practical guide to working with people from other cultures. This plain-language resource shows: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to turn uncertain, potentially dangerous intercultural situations around using tact and clever decision making.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to get past cultural complexity to spot real problems and find creative, win-win solutions.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHow to trade the legacy of 'the ugly American' for trusting relationships that let you realize goals you otherwise couldn't have.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eCognitive psychologists Rasmussen and Sieck have distilled the advice in this book from interviews with more than 200 national security personnel. Seasoned professionals who have spent their careers interacting with foreign populations and partners all over the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConfront strange requests for assistance in Kyrgyzstan. Failures to follow protocol in Korea. A fight between Russians and Turks 5000 feet in the air over the Black Sea. An armed Liberian child soldier who wants to rip out your heart.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCould you see through the cultural fog and achieve success without firing a single shot?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Louise Rasmussen, Winston Sieck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1733410201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781733410205\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Global Cognition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.60d","brand":"Louise Rasmussen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983415607551,"sku":"9781733410205","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aee82205-0a0a-44a4-bd0a-618778d0b02c.jpg?v=1683266510","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/save-your-ammo-louise-rasmussen-9781733410205","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}