A Newsweek article copied from SWJ Blog:When the Eggheads Went to War
A Newsweek article copied from SWJ Blog:When the Eggheads Went to War
Last edited by davidbfpo; 08-17-2013 at 10:40 PM.
Last month the DoD announced it had quietly closed the Human Terrain System, this SWJBlog thread includes that and a spirited set of comments:http://smallwarsjournal.com/blog/arm...cience-program
There is a related SWJournal article that refers to HTS too, on the academic-miltary relationship:http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art...-the-sof-enter
A quick search using 'terrain' found a number of Blog & Journal articles that may include 'human terrain'.
davidbfpo
Hat tip to WoTR for the pointer to a FPRI article by a former HTS member, Ryan Evans; the full title is 'The Seven Deadly Sins of the Human Terrain System: An Insider’s Perspective'. See:http://www.fpri.org/geopoliticus/201...rs-perspective
There is an old RFI that appears to be by the author of this 2013 defence of HTS:http://www.e-ir.info/2013/09/21/the-...-gian-gentile/
Moderator's Note
This thread contains a number of previously stand-alone threads and seven small ones were merged in today. I have left RFI threads on terrain alone. The thread has been re-opened to enable a new post and capturing the announcement recently that the programme was being ended (Ends).
davidbfpo
A new book from London-based Hurst: 'Social Science Goes to War: The Human Terrain System in Iraq and Afghanistan', a collection of chapters edited by Montgomery McFate and Janice H. Laurence.
From the publishers description:Link:http://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/...e-goes-to-war/This volume goes beyond the anecdotes, snippets and blogs to provide a comprehensive, objective and detailed view of HTS. The contributors put the program in historical context, discuss the obstacles it faced, analyse its successes, and detail the work of the teams downrange. Most importantly, they capture some of the diverse lived experience of HTS scholars and practitioners drawn from an eclectic array of the social sciences.
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davidbfpo
I think it is constructive to understand the corporate mind of the Anthropological community to understand why harnessing Anthropology for military missions is a Bad Idea.
http://forward.com/news/breaking-new...#ixzz3s8JBH3Pe
Yes. the AAA is banning interaction with Israeli Universities, because, well, Palestine! or something...
A short essay 'Academics in Foxholes:The Life and Death of the Human Terrain System' by Christopher Sims in the latest Foreign Affairs:https://www.foreignaffairs.com/artic...emics-foxholes
It has many links so is a valuable resource too.
davidbfpo
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