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... One Tribe At A Time (A Strategy for Success in Afghanistan) by Major Jim Gant at ...

Blog post - Oct 26 2009 - 9:49am - 57 comments - 0 attachments

... told via blog comments and e-mail that Major Jim Gant's "One Tribe at a Time" (at Steve Pressfield's It's the Tribes Stupid ) cannot be ...

Blog post - Dec 9 2009 - 6:32pm - 57 comments - 0 attachments

... they are published . For my generation, there is one profession that captures our imagination more than any other:  ... Captain (now Major) Jim Gant can write a paper like 'One Tribe At A Time' and have it land on Petraeus' desk and be praised for it and ...

Journal Article - Apr 5 2012 - 4:36am - 94 comments

... stand to watch a high intensity kinetic interrogation. One has to overcome basic human decency to endure watching or causing the ... However there are times when we as a society or a tribe must say that the rules are now a bit different or we will no longer have ...

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

... whole. This is due to the fact we have yet to add one critical component, the mind of the investor. The highly skilled mind ... political effects of helping one village over another, one tribe over another, etc.- the external political effects of helping Afghans ...

Journal Article - May 14 2012 - 4:42am - 61 comments

... We need to start rethinking how we see revolution.  One place to start is with the great contributors at Small Wars Journal. ... It forms when many small and potentially diverse (origin, tribe, religious belief, (gangs) etc.) insurgent groups join together to fight ...

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

... The trajectory of CIA Director David Petraeus serves as one example of a quasi-unconventional, yet productive, career path: while many ... to fight tactically and think strategically “One Tribe at a Time.” To achieve maximum impact, grassroots ...

Journal Article - May 10 2012 - 4:55am - 16 comments

... At that point, the "equilibrium" would have shifted, one way or the other.. Re: How Afghanistan Ends Robert C. Jones: ... and roles in governance, and those from the other tribe are relegated to the sidelines of society. Good farmland is taken from ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 11:22pm - 120 comments

... winner in this fight. Intent This is just one assessment for consideration to be examined for accuracy.  It is by no ... years and knew the Iraqi political players, the Iraqi tribe/ethnic intrigues, and the various insurgent players/groups. I had an ...

Blog post - Jan 24 2012 - 3:29pm - 40 comments - 0 attachments

... be outfitted with iPads for less than the cost of fuel for one day of combat operations in Afghanistan. While the technical details ... (Moving from massive pop-centric COIN to FID and One Tribe at a Time VSO effort). For the first point, let’s examine the ...

Blog post - May 15 2012 - 4:48am - 9 comments - 0 attachments