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August 22, 2009
Crossing Continents: Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
Just a quick blog post - but the BBC's Crossing Continents is essential listening for those interested in war and counter/insurgency. It shows how the US military's counterinsurgency doctrine is now being applied to Afghanistan - with this impacting on everything from training to tactics, and with a very explicit focus on the Afghan population as a 'human terrain' which much be won if operations are to be successful.
There has been considerable debate around counterinsurgency in print and online (see my blogroll for some examples) but this offers a very nice summary of some of these discussions and their implications. You can download the MP3 here - though the BBC may take this offline after a few days have passed.
I would like to cover this in more length, but too much on at the moment (hence why blogging has been thin on the ground lately). In this case, though, I thought I should get a link up while the programme is still available for download.
Posted by jon_mendel at August 22, 2009 01:00 PM
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