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... Excellent piece by Colonel H. R. McMaster in the current World Affairs - The Human Element: When Gadgetry Becomes Strategy . The wars in Afghanistan ...

Blog entry - Jan 14 2009 - 7:01am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

... it not think? Download the Full Article Author’s Note: Before readers pull their hair ... might be: “warfare exists as a persistent method for human societies to resolve political differences.” War exists to serve its ...

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

... Understanding the Human Terrain: Key to Success in Afghanistan by Andrew Garfield ...

Blog entry - Jul 16 2010 - 2:19am - 47 comments - 0 attachments

... is a method rather than a doctrine, an apparatus of the mind, a technique for thinking, which helps the possessor to draw correct ... put, it is only a guide towards understanding history and human nature. For instance, the American Revolution did not end with an ...

Blog entry - Dec 6 2011 - 9:05am - 68 comments - 0 attachments

... Social Epidemics and the Human Element of Counterinsurgency by CPT Nils French, Small Wars ...

Journal Article - May 2 2008 - 7:27pm - 0 comments

... Have FST and CSTs teams pushed the limits of the female exclusion in combat policy?  Is it time to adjust ... and focused on the individual. The development of human capitol is valued. I do acknowledge in my proposal that it will take ...

Journal Article - Nov 20 2011 - 7:34am - 46 comments

... Path to Peace by Linda Robinson Download the Full Article: How Afghanistan Ends This paper presents a scenario ... rationalise the decision beyond anything other than basic human motivations. Re: How Afghanistan Ends Thank goodness the ...

Journal Article - Dec 2 2010 - 10:22pm - 120 comments

... I loved the paper by a team of guys trying to tackle a thorny issue - Irregular ... hybrid or irregular) is the realm of chance. No other human activity gives it reater scope: no other has such incessant and varied ...

Blog entry - Dec 19 2008 - 6:29pm - 30 comments - 0 attachments

... The Great Myth: Counterinsurgency - Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. ... become the next Indonesia, defined as an international human rights pariah etc. Jason's comments regarding his witnessing ... challenge is an insurgency. I agree that it is the human element that makes this complex, but the human element is in all aspects of war ...

Blog entry - Jul 25 2010 - 3:27am - 47 comments - 0 attachments

... The Targeting Process: D3A and F3EAD by Jimmy A. Gomez ... SAYS THEY CAN USE. This marginalizes the essential human element that breaks away from procedures and invents new vocabulary- new ...

Journal Article - Jul 16 2011 - 7:50am - 57 comments