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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 post - Jan 14 2009 - 8:01am - 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 - 12:30pm - 83 comments

... Note:  For background and history of the "Dear Boss" letter, see this post . Dear Boss, I ... simulators...not a $50,000 per hour aircraft. Without the human complication of needing to peform the OODA loop while experiencing ...

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

... Ahead of the COIN conference at Ft. Leavenworth, Robert C. Jones offers ten points for ...  and less operational surprise. #6:   Human Nature :  Appreciate how universal and timeless human nature is, ...

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

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

Blog post - Jul 16 2010 - 3:19am - 47 comments - 0 attachments

... to our values and is prohibited."   The recent case of Private Danny Chen, who took his own life in Afghanistan ... and the men they lead. That is a matter governed by human nature and that hasn't changed in several thousand years Ken, I am ...

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

... An interview with Daniel R. Green, who served at the PRT in Uruzgan in 2005-2006 and in Kabul from 2009-2010. ... minded, conceptually complex in order to understand the human terrain, familiar with small unit tactics, and have a background in ...

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

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

Journal Article - May 2 2008 - 8:27pm - 0 comments

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

... 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 - 11:22pm - 120 comments