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Wolverhampton Military Studies: What Went Wrong in Afghanistan? : Understanding Counter-Insurgency Efforts in Tribalized Rural and Muslim Environments by Metin Gurcan (2016, Trade Paperback)

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Since 20 December 2001 - the date which marked the authorization of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) to assist the Afghan Government - hundreds of thousands of coalition soldiers from around 50 different states have physically been and served in Afghanistan. Roughly 20 rotation periods have been experienced; billions of US dollars have been spent; and almost 3,500 coalition soldiers and 7,400 Afghani security personnel have fallen for Afghanistan. In this badly-managed success story, the true determiner of both tactical outcomes on the ground and strategic results was always the tribal and rural parts of Muslim-populated Afghanistan. Although there has emerged a vast literature on counterinsurgency theories and tactics, we still lack reliable information about the motivations and aspirations of the residents of Tribalised Rural Muslim Environments (TRMEs) that make up most of Afghanistan. The aim of this book is to describe some on-the-ground problems of counterinsurgency (COIN) efforts in TRMEs - specifically in rural Afghanistan - and then to propose how these efforts might be improved. Along the way, it will be necessary to challenge many current assumptions about the conduct of counterinsurgency in Afghanistan. Most generally, the book will show how counterinsurgency succeeds or fails at the local level (at the level of tactical decisions by small-unit leaders) and that these decisions cannot be successful without understanding the culture and perspective of those who live in TRMEs. Although engaging issues of culture, the author is not an anthropologist or an academic of any kind. He is a Muslim who spent his childhood in a TRME - a remote village in Turkey - and he offers his observations on the basis of 15 years' worth of field experience as a Turkish Special Forces officer serving in rural Iraq, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Afghanistan. Cultures in these areas are not the same, but there are sufficient similarities to suggest some overall characteristics of TRMEs and some general problems of COIN efforts in these environments. In summary, this book not only challenges some of the fundamentals of traditional counterinsurgency wisdom and emphasizes the importance of the tactical level - a rarely-studied field from the COIN perspective - but also blends the firsthand field experiences of the author with deep analyses. In this sense, it is not solely an autobiography, but something much more.

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Publisher
Helion & Company, The Limited
ISBN-10
1911096001
ISBN-13
9781911096009
eBay Product ID (ePID)
219533221

Product Key Features

Book Title
What Went Wrong in Afghanistan? : Understanding Counter-Insurgency Efforts in Tribalized Rural and Muslim Environments
Author
Metin Gurcan
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Revolutionary, Military / Afghan War (2001-), Security (National & International), World / Asian, Military
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, History, Political Science
Number of Pages
120 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.2in
Item Width
6in

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ds371.412
Reviews
... Gurcan's discussion of the tribal and religious culture of rural Afghanistan presents an area that is often overlooked.
Copyright Date
2016
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2017-304558
Dewey Decimal
958.104/7
Series
Wolverhampton Military Studies
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

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