MILITARY ADVISORS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- FOREWORD -- SUMMARY -- THE AMERICAN MILITARY ADVISOR:DEALING WITH SENIOR FOREIGNOFFICIALS IN THE ISLAMIC WORLD -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II.WHAT IS AN ADVISOR? -- DEFINITION -- DIFFERENCES IN PERCEPTION -- DIFFERENCES IN TIME FRAME:WHEN "TOMORROW"REALLY MEANS "NEVER" -- THE LOCAL CALENDAR TAKES PRECEDENCE -- III. SELECTION AND QUALIFICATIONS OFTHE ADVISOR -- ASSIGNING THE RIGHT PERSONOR THE RIGHT TEAM -- RANK, GENDER, AND AGE -- IV. THE ADVISOR'S TOOLSFOR SUCCESS -- PROFESSIONAL, ACADEMIC,AND LIFE EXPERIENCE -- THE ADVISOR'S PERSONALITY -- PERSONAL FLEXIBILITY -- KNOWING THE LOCAL CULTURE -- KNOWING AMERICAN CULTURE AND HISTORY -- KNOWING THE TERRAIN -- THE HYPOCRISY FACTOR -- V. THE LANGUAGE PROBLEM -- USE OF INTERPRETERS -- USING "BASIC" ENGLISH -- USING A THIRD LANGUAGE -- UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS HEARD AND WHAT IS SAID:WHEN THE ADVISOR'S TERMS OF REFERENCE ARE NOTTHOSE OF THE FOREIGN OFFICIAL -- NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION -- VI. THE OFFICE AS BATTLE SPACE -- THE FIRST WHO IN WHO'S WHO -- FOREIGN OFFICIALS' SOURCES OF INCOME -- LOCAL PERCEPTION OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE -- THE TRAP OF PERSONALLY IDENTIFYINGWITH FOREIGN OFFICIALS -- VII. OTHER PLAYERS ON THE FIELD -- THE U.S. GOVERNMENT WRIT LARGE -- THE COUNTRY TEAM -- OTHER INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS -- THE DOMESTIC CONSTITUENCY -- THE MEDIA -- VIII.MILITARY ASSISTANCEAVAILABLE TO THE ADVISOR -- ESSENTIAL SERVICES -- PERSONAL RISK: A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS -- IX. PREPARATION AND COORDINATION-APPROACHING THE JOB -- THE PREPARATION CHECKLIST -- X. DEPARTING THE COUNTRY -- INDEX.