Issue #49 The Insurgents, Part II: Fighting the Left by Being the Left

The Insurgents, Part II: Fighting the Left by Being the Left

Nato Thompson

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Issue #49
November 2013










Notes
1

Fred Kaplan, The Insurgents: David Petraeus and the Plot to Change the American Way of War (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013), 28.

2

Benjamin C. Schwarz, American Counterinsurgency Doctrine and El Salvador: The Frustrations of Reform and the Illusions of Nation Building (Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1991). See .

3

See .

4

Kaplan, The Insurgents, 266.

5

See .

6

Adam Curtis, “How to Kill a Rational Peasant,” The Medium and the Message (blog), BBC.co.uk, June 16, 2012. See .

7

David Galula, “From Algeria to Iraq: All But Forgotten Lessons from Nearly 50 Years Ago,” RAND Review Vol. 30, No. 2 (Summer 2006). See .

8

Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals (New York: Random House, 2010 (1971)), 127–30.

9

See .

10

“American Anthropological Association’s Executive Board Statement on the Human Terrain System Project,” American Anthropological Association, Nov. 6, 2007. See .

11

McFate and Jackson, “An Organizational Solution to DOD’s Cultural Knowledge Needs, Military Review (July–August 2005), 18–21. See .

12

McFate, “Anthropology and Counterinsurgency: The Strange Story of Their Curious Relationship,” Military Review (March–April 2005): 24–38. See .

13

Matthew B. Stannard, “Montgomery McFate’s Mission: Can One Anthropologist Possibly Steer the Course in Iraq?” April 29, 2007, sfgate.com. See .

14

Ibid.

15

Noah Shachtman, “‘Human Terrain’ Chief Ousted,” June 15, 2010, wired.com. See .

16

Pelton, “Afghanistan: The New War for Hearts and Minds,”Men’s Journal (Feb. 2009). See .