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Definition of Bunker mentality
1. Noun. Defensiveness resulting from repeated attacks. "After so many suicide bombings the Israelis have to resist developing a bunker mentality"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bunker Mentality
Literary usage of Bunker mentality
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Now Is Too Late 2: Survival in an Era of Instant News by Gerald R. Baron (2006)
"The bunker mentality in these situations proves to be very expensive. Another example
of the bunker mentality at work is a large international sales ..."
2. Intervention Or Neglect: The United States and Central America Beyond the 1980s by Linda Robinson (1991)
"In El Salvador's polarized climate, this bunker mentality is understandable, but
it gives the public impression that the United States is wedded to whatever ..."
3. Aviation Accident Investigations: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce edited by John McCain (1999)
"If a "bunker mentality" plagues the FAA, the agency will have difficulty handling
its duties in a careful and rational manner. ..."
4. Bear Went Over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan by Lester W. Grau, Voennai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ imeni M.V. Frunze (1996)
"... it is hard to imagine putting it into an aggressive action without some serious
readjustments and retraining. The unit seems to have bunker mentality. ..."
5. U. S. Postal Service: Little Progress Made in Addressing Persistent Labor by Teresa L. Anderson, Billy W. Scott, Robert Kigerl (1999)
"AS I Informed Vice President Joseph Mahon on August 6, 1996: I would have hoped
and expected that management's bunker mentality would not apply to so ..."
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