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    Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan: An Assessment

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    Boyea, Keith
    Advisor
    Brown, John
    Abstract
    Since soon after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States military has been engaged in Afghanistan. In 2009, the U.S. began pursuing a strategy of counterinsurgency designed to protect the population, win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people, and build a legitimate, allied government in Kabul. This effort has been characterized by push-pull operations designed to push the insurgency and the population away from each other and pull the population towards the central government.
     
    This thesis uses the foundational documents and teachings of counterinsurgency to assess the counterinsurgency effort in Afghanistan. It shows that the American counterinsurgency effort is failing and, as currently practiced, is unlikely to ever succeed.
     
    Description
    M.A.L.S.
    Permanent Link
    http://hdl.handle.net/10822/558087
    Date Published
    2011
    Subject
    Afghanistan; Counterinsurgency; United States; International relations; International relations;
    Type
    thesis
    Publisher
    Georgetown University
    Extent
    104 leaves
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    • Liberal Studies Theses and Dissertations
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