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Modern war in an Ancient Land: a counterinsurgency review

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At the end of 2021, the US Army published Modern War in an Ancient Land: The United States Army in Afghanistan, 2001–2014. It is a major two-volume history of the US Army in the war in Afghanistan. The primary authors are E.J. Degen, Director of the Army's Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Study Group, and Mark Reardon, a senior civilian historian at US Army Center of Military History. The work has 836 total pages of text and covers most intense period of US combat operations of the war. It is the closest thing that we have yet to an official history of the war and is likely to remain the closest thing for some time. The work contains valuable insights into counterinsurgency in Afghanistan. The authors see the concept as an effective tactical approach if properly aligned with strategy.

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  • Carter Malkasian, 2022. "Modern war in an Ancient Land: a counterinsurgency review," Small Wars and Insurgencies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 33(7), pages 1203-1215, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fswixx:v:33:y:2022:i:7:p:1203-1215
    DOI: 10.1080/09592318.2022.2120306
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