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... The Myth of Hearts and Minds by Vegetius Download the full article: The Myth of ...

Journal Article - Nov 25 2009 - 8:57am - 25 comments

... to digress from my usual analysis of insurgent strategy and tactics to speak out on an issue of grave importance to Small Wars ... make firm those who believe. I will cast terror into the hearts of those who disbelieve. Therefore STRIKE OFF THEIR HEADS and strike off ...

Blog post - Oct 31 2007 - 2:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... Editor's Note:  For background and history of the "Dear Boss" letter, see this post . ... Army. We’re all hooah, nation building, and winning hearts and minds. Last I checked, infantry wasn’t an AFSC, and occupation ...

Blog post - May 14 2012 - 4:55am - 41 comments - 0 attachments

... only further exasperated the ethnic, sectarian, tribal, and religious tensions, and the forecast is that Iraq will head into civil ... the importance of religion when trying to control hearts, minds, and souls. 4. Understanding the Difference between Urban ...

Blog post - Jan 24 2012 - 3:29pm - 41 comments - 0 attachments

... largely to the background of British rule and organisation, a loyal police force and the established policy that ... payments by Lloyds, showing at least where British hearts and minds were focused. We can go further.  None of the British ...

Journal Article - Apr 16 2012 - 4:44am - 23 comments

...   #1:  Context and nuance : Focus changes on updating and improving the understanding of ... other taxonomical, ethereal social science or ahistorical hearts and minds paradigmatic nonsense and focus on practicalities for the ...

Blog post - May 7 2012 - 5:12pm - 43 comments - 0 attachments

... "hazing is fundamentally in opposition to our values and is prohibited." Hazing is Simply ... was operating in were the recipients of more Purple Hearts than the rest of the Brigade combined and that is not to forget the ...

Blog post - Dec 23 2011 - 1:44pm - 88 comments - 0 attachments

... Should we focus more on creating ink spots and less on defeating the Taliban? Success in ... where the insurgency is strongest in an attempt to win the hearts and minds of the local people away from the insurgents. Therefore it is ...

Journal Article - May 21 2012 - 5:48am - 29 comments

... A primer to help move past COIN, CT, FID, SFA and start talking strategy to confront today's problems ... or unwittingly, in the secret superpower struggle for hearts and minds, the revelations of 1967 were one of the worst operational ...

Blog post - Dec 6 2011 - 10:05am - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... R. Green, who served at the PRT in Uruzgan in 2005-2006 and in Kabul from 2009-2010. Motto: ... article. It was never exclusively about just doing "hearts and minds" although that was an aspect of it nor was it just about killing a bunch ...

Journal Article - May 11 2012 - 6:05am - 25 comments