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... Counterinsurgency Strategy Not Working in Afghanistan, Critics Say by David Wood, Politics Daily . BLUF: "Experts on Afghanistan and on counterinsurgency, among them active-duty and retired ...

Blog entry - Jan 12 2011 - 7:44am - 71 comments - 0 attachments

... Thinking Critically about COIN and Creatively about Strategy and War An Interview with Colonel Gian Gentile by ... read your commentary concerning David Galula's work on counterinsurgency and its applicability for today's COIN campaigns and you ...

Journal Article - Dec 14 2010 - 7:37pm - 83 comments

... Strategy for Military Counter Drug Operations   by ... counter-drug (CD) operations are making a limited impact on narco-trafficking in Mexico. If they continue their current CD tactics, they ...

Journal Article - Jan 24 2011 - 7:40am - 37 comments

... America's Flawed Afghanistan Strategy - Dr. Steven Metz, U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute ... scrutiny. The new strategy, like the old one, totters on a dangerously flawed foundation. Both the Bush and Obama strategies ...

Blog entry - Aug 11 2010 - 3:47pm - 48 comments - 0 attachments

... I'd like to digress from my usual analysis of insurgent strategy and tactics to speak out on an issue of grave importance to Small Wars Journal readers. We, as a ...

Blog entry - Oct 31 2007 - 1:30pm - 215 comments - 0 attachments

... Theory, Policy, and Strategy A Conceptual Muddle by Adam Elkus and Mark ... or annihilation (the Weigley thesis, and hyped up on steroids by the coindinistas) but instead one of adaptation and flexibility. ...

Journal Article - Sep 18 2009 - 7:50am - 25 comments

... article from 1978 - Vietnam Postmortem: A Senseless Strategy . COL Collins' article should probably be mandatory reading for decision makers before we embark on any future Afghanistans or Iraqs so we do not have a failure to learn, ...

Blog entry - Jul 3 2011 - 8:32pm - 37 comments - 0 attachments

... Scholasticism becomes Neoscholasticism. And so on. Even disproven theories are valuable for the lessons they hold - some of ... intent, and even craft lines of efforts with our chess strategy. Perhaps a decisive point is reached when I take down your queen with ...

Journal Article - Aug 7 2011 - 11:30am - 79 comments

... Coalition sees highway as key to Afghan strategy by Carmen Gentile Special for USA TODAY The ... Fareed, who like many Afghans goes by a single name, sat on the floor of his office and described the myriad armed gunmen operating in ...

Blog entry - Jul 16 2011 - 8:06am - 16 comments - 0 attachments

... Afghan Village Militia A People-Centric Strategy to Win by Dr. Ronald L. Holt Afghan Village Militia: ... can only buy time and ultimately success depends on government reform and the effective delivery of services. There is little ...

Journal Article - Sep 2 2009 - 5:45pm - 21 comments