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... assignments in Iraq was in the beginning, the middle and at the end of the conflict and of having spent twenty years in Special ... to leave.  As stated by Colonel Mansoor in his book Baghdad at Sunrise; “In short, counterinsurgency is a thinking ...

Journal Article - Dec 30 2011 - 6:26pm - 38 comments

... the whole problem with the COIN narrative that developed at least in US Army circles since the end of the Vietnam War. It was, and is, ... year of the COIN activity of his Cavalry squadron in 2006 Baghdad was a measure of activity but not of any effect whatsoever. This is a ...

Journal Article - Dec 14 2010 - 8:37pm - 83 comments

... Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One by Mark Safranski at Chicago Boyz. I purchased a copy of The Accidental Guerrilla , ... like Mullaney's "The Unforgiving Minute," or Mansoor's "Baghdad at Sunrise." Re: Kilcullen on COIN "Persistent-Presence" ...

Blog post - May 7 2010 - 11:51am - 49 comments - 0 attachments

... John Nagl (LTC, US Army ret.), a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security , reviews Bing West's latest book ... to Win I wish Nagl included a review of the Mansoor "Baghdad at Sunrise" along with the West book. If memory serves though, Nagl ...

Blog post - Aug 16 2008 - 3:12pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments