A Conversation and Book Signing with Dr. David Kilcullen
A Conversation and Book Signing with Dr. David Kilcullen
***Thanks to all who attended last night’s conversation and book signing with Dr. David Kilcullen. Your contributions to the conversation during Q&A were most appreciated and added a lot to the discussion on counterinsurgency — both the “little c and the Big C”. The Marine Corps Association will be formatting and editing the video from the event and we hope to have it posted in the near future.***
Thursday, October 14, 2010
7:00 to 10:00 pm (EST)
Gari Melchers Home and Studio (Studio Pavilion)
Fredericksburg, Virginia
Please join the Small Wars Foundation, the Marine Corps Association, Noetic, and Caerus Associates for a conversation on counterinsurgency with Dr. David Kilcullen on Thursday, October 14, 2010. Dr. Kilcullen will be addressing contemporary issues in regards to counterinsurgency and taking questions and commentary from participants. A reception (no cost to attendees) and book signing of Dr. Kilcullen’s latest book, Counterinsurgency, will follow the conversation. Counterinsurgency will be available for purchase at the event. Space is limited so we ask that you please register early at the event information and registration page.
David Kilcullen is one of the world’s most influential experts on counterinsurgency and modern warfare, a ground-breaking theorist whose ideas “are revolutionizing military thinking throughout the west” (Washington Post). Indeed, his vision of modern warfare powerfully influenced the United States’ decision to rethink its military strategy in Iraq and implement “the Surge,” now recognized as a dramatic success. In Counterinsurgency, Kilcullen brings together his most salient writings on this vitally important topic. Here is a picture of modern warfare by someone who has had his boots on the ground in some of today’s worst trouble spots-including Iraq and Afghanistan-and who has been studying counterinsurgency since 1985. Filled with down-to-earth, common-sense insights, this book is the definitive account of counterinsurgency, indispensable for all those interested in making sense of our world in an age of terror.
Dr. Kilcullen is a dear friend and supporter of Small Wars Foundation’s Small Wars Journal and is a member of the Foundation’s Advisory Board. His Small Wars Journal postings can be found here.
