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Lieutenant Colonel William D. Wunderle, USA “serves
in the Joint Strategic Plans and Policy Directorate (J5) of the Joint Staff as a political military planner with responsibility
for Iran, Syria, Lebanon, and the Palestinian Authority. Previously, he served as the Senior Army Fellow at the RAND Corporation.
He is a graduate of the Joint and Combined Warfighting course at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia, and
the Arabic Basic Course at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, Presidio of Monterey, California. Colonel
Wunderle currently serves as a consultant for the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies
Enhanced Learning Environments with the Creative Technologies project. He is a nonresident associate at Georgetown’s
Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and an adjunct instructor for the University of Maryland University College, where he
has taught courses in undergraduate business. He holds an MBA from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas; an MMAS from the
School of Advanced Military Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas; and a BA from Cleveland State University in Cleveland, Ohio.
(redroom.com)
Lieutenant Colonel William D.
Wunderle is the author of A Manual for American Servicemen in the Arab Middle East: Using Cultural Understanding
to Defeat Adversaries and Win the Peace; Through the Lens of Cultural Awareness: A Primer for US Armed Forces Deploying to
Arab and Middle Eastern Countries; and, Forced In, Left Out: The Airborne Division in Future Forcible Entry Operations.
According to the book description of
Through the Lens of Cultural Awareness: A Primer for US Armed Forces Deploying to Arab and Middle Eastern Countries,
“One of the distinguishing characteristics of the Long War, as the Global War on Terrorism is now known, is the cultural
environment in which it is being fought. In truth, however, the US Army has routinely operated in unfamiliar cultural environments
throughout its long history. The conditions in the Middle East today may be the most difficult in a very long time, and the
Army is making tremendous efforts to become more effective. Among the key points the author makes in this study is the need
for leaders to understand how culture affects military operations.
According to the book description of
A Manual for American Servicemen in the Arab Middle East: Using Cultural Understanding to Defeat Adversaries and
Win the Peace, “The global war on terrorism has sent U.S. diplomats and troops around the world. In the
current security environment, understanding foreign cultures is crucial to defeating adversaries and working with allies.
Wunderle explains how U.S. soldiers and commanders can look at military interventions—from preparation to execution—through
the lens of cultural awareness, while always minding post-conflict stability operations. He also suggests much-needed changes
to the traditional intelligence preparation of the battlefield and the military decision-making process. Fascinating, concise,
and timely, this is a must-read for military personnel, the intelligence community, and anyone seeking to grasp the motivations
and decision-making styles of people all over the globe.”
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