Peter Naffsinger's 1964 CIA assessment argued that 'face,' or honor, was the predominant cultural imperative in the Arab world, to which other values were subordinated.
Sources
- (W)Archives: CIA and the “Arab Mind” - War on the Rocks (warontherocks.com)
- https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Face-Among-the-Arabs.pdf (cia.gov)
- http://www.faqs.org/cia/docs/80/0000608408/FACE-AMONG-THE-ARABS.html (faqs.org)
- https://centaur.reading.ac.uk/57747/2/Article%20for%20intelligence%20and%20National%20Security.pdf (centaur.reading.ac.uk)
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