This book suggests that institutional culture can account for a great deal of the activities and rationale of the Royal Navy. War highlights the role of culture in military organizations and as such acts as a spotlight by which this phenomenon can be assessed seperately and then in comparison in order to demonstrate the influence of institutional culture on strategy.

1. Culture and the Royal Navy2. Culture, Strategy and the Falklans Conflict3. Culture and Operations in the South Atlantic4. Culture, Strategy and the Gulf War5. Culture and Operations in the Persian Gulf6. Culture Comparisons: The Falklands Conflict, the Gulf War and the Future