Tag counterinsurgency

March 20, 2014
in American History, Military History

On the Anniversary of the Iraq War

March 20, 2014
in American History, Military History

On March 20, 2003, coalition forces led by the United States and the United Kingdom invaded Iraq in what is still seen as a highly controversial decision made by the United States and its allies to “end the regime of Saddam Hussein” and to eliminate what were allegedly weapons of

July 13, 2011
in Current Affairs, History, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Social Science

Lost in Afghanistan

July 13, 2011
in Current Affairs, History, Middle East Studies, Political Science, Social Science

According to Taliban author, Ahmed Rashid, in this morning’s New York Times: “Afghanistan just got more dangerous and unpredictable.” Tim Bird and Alex Marshall’s Afghanistan: How the West Lost Its Way not only chronicles the United States’ longest war but also addresses the questions that have plagued the West since the early years.