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I've only read four. How many have you read?
Tom Ricks lists his top ten books on U.S. military history. I would bet our readership could offer a few others. But if you're going to do that, which books would you then rem...
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No Troops For You
It doesn't matter how much Robert Gates complains or how much Barack Obama pleads. It is highly unlikely the U.S. political leadership will win new backing for the war in Afgh...
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"dangerous to base long-range policy on temporary military success"
I was trying to find by this quote by George C. Marshall yesterday, which I had seen in the book The Wise Men. It was said to Dean Acheson, I think, who was encouraging him to...
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Coming to America
It is soooo quiet outside. When I ask about the reason, they say “It’s a residential area.” I quietly respond, “What’s your point?” An Iraqi translator for the New York Times ...
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Nagl and Exum and Gentile on The World (UPDATED!)
Matthew Bell sent me an email yesterday saying that his special on counter-insurgency for The World was going to run today. You can listen to it here. Bell also warned me, tho...
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Nick Schmidle on Pakistan's Insurgency
It's over the Indus now......
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Powell on Obama's Foreign Policy
You guys know how much I hate American TeeVee news of all ideological slants -- and goodness gracious, it boggles the mind that people listen to this freaking guy -- but bear ...
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Smart Things Said by David Kilcullen ... and Smart Things to be Said by Craig Mullaney
Many thanks to those of you who stopped by to say hello after yesterday evening's event with David Kilcullen. Dave said a few things last night that I really liked. I did not ...
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This guy was probably Kucinich's foreign policy adviser...
If I'm not being accused of being some wild-eyed reactionary (see yesterday's post on policing and the G20), then I'm being accused of being a godless liberal. A few weeks ago...
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A Discussion with David Kilcullen on His New Book, "The Accidental Guerrilla"
The Center for a New American Security was honored to host the launch event for CNAS Senior Fellow and counterinsurgency expert David Kilcullen on his new book The Accidental ...
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On Lebanon and Lebanese Elections
I posted yesterday to remind our readers that this is not a Middle East policy blog. The comments I received in reply assured me that a) you all understand this and b) any Leb...
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How an Insurgency Ends
My friend Judah Grunstein at World Politics Review really put together a good feature on the "Age of Counterinsurgency." Anastasia Maloney has a particularly good dispatch fro...
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Transcript: CNAS Book Discussion with David Kilcullen on New Book The Accidental Guerrilla
CNAS hosted a discussion with CNAS Senior Fellow David Kilcullen on his new book, The Accidental Guerrilla: Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One. The book takes an in...
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Arguing Safe Havens (Updated)
Pictured: A man who knows all about creating terrorist safe havens. And style. There has been some good commentary and criticism accompanying my piece in the New Republic toda...
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Nerds? Us? But my readership insists I'm a jock!
Wow, I just saw this post by Brian Katulis of the Center for American Progress at Marc Lynch's blog:There are several must-read blogs out there - the COIN nerds have some inte...
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The Newest Counterinsurgent?
Spencer Ackerman has a piece titled "Counterinsurgents in the Halls of Power" in the World Politics Review. The record of guerrilla groups once they have seized power is, of c...
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Um, don't invest in SAIC anytime soon...
From the National Journal: As the Pentagon's internal budget negotiations begin to wind down, the future looks bleak for the Army's Future Combat Systems, the service's ambit...
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On that piece in TNR
Will McCants sent me an email this morning about my piece in the New Republic:Great piece. One of the interesting things I've learned about the forums is that many of the part...
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Foust on COIN in Kapisa Province
Josh Foust got stuck in Kapisa Province and, with nothing better to do, started asking around about COIN efforts there. The result was this piece in World Politics Review that...
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On Safe Havens
Please read and respond to my latest, in the New Republic: The new White House strategy very much reflects the American experience with counter-insurgency campaigns, which we ...