Newsweek Looks At David Kilcullen And His Views On Counter Insurgency

Counterinsurgency -- Newsweek

No cable-television talking heads here. The armchair chicken hawks have been scattered. This is one of the sharpest and most incisive minds on modern warfare getting deep in the weeds on what it takes to win today’s wars. And more important, how to do it.

What’s the Big Deal?

For the better part of the 20th century, the U.S. built a military aimed at fighting off Hitler’s armies or staring down the nuclear-armed Soviet Union. But for at least the past few decades, those state-vs.-state wars have become less and less frequent. Today, in Iraq and Afghanistan (as well as in Somalia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Colombia, and several other conflict-ridden areas around the world), the name of the game is counterinsurgency: beating down enemies of the state while winning the hearts and minds of the everyday people. It’s a challenge of the highest order, and for at least the foreseeable future, it’s the kind of war the U.S. is going to be fighting.

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My Comment: A surprisingly good read from Newsweek.