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3 pages in length. Call it persuasion, coercion or manipulation, but contentious tactics are a necessary evil where the Army is concerned. The extent to which one party must "impose its preferred solution" (Pruitt et al, 2003, p. 63) on the other in order to maintain control is both grand and far-reaching; that contentious tactics reflect some of the most effective ways in which to achieve this objective speaks to myriad maneuvers designed with just that in mind. Some contentious tactics, Pruitt et al (2003) note, are less intimidating than others (promises as compared to violence) and are best utilized accordingly and in the appropriate situations for which they were devised. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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p. 63) on the other in order to maintain control is both grand and far-reaching; that contentious tactics reflect some of the most effective ways in which to achieve this
objective speaks to myriad maneuvers designed with just that in mind. Some contentious tactics, Pruitt et al (2003) note, are less intimidating than others (promises as compared to violence)
and are best utilized accordingly and in the appropriate situations for which they were devised. The common denominator of them all, however, represents "the moves and countermoves, the gestures
and ploys, the things that Party does to dominate Other" (Pruitt et al, 2003, p. 63). With the one exception of violence, contentious
tactics are not "inherently destructive or baleful" (Pruitt et al, 2003, p. 63), however, they do have a specific role to play and can be considered several steps above how
a typical society outside of military life would interact. This is precisely why contentious tactics are warranted in this specific environment: The Army must protect its country at all
costs and therefore has the justification to utilize tactics that would otherwise be unacceptable in a civilized society. Contentious tactics are categorized into two distinct areas - light and heavy
- that define the seriousness of each one. A neutral or beneficial outcome are classified as light tactics inasmuch as these approaches incur the least amount of discomfort and
can even mean a positive result to the Other. Heavy tactics, on the other hand, leave little in the way of subtlety in their more intense application; the hostile
or damaging outcome of this type of tactic are meant to enact the desired response with no waiting period. Typically, the employment of contentious tactics follows a light to
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