There are some great quotations in the article. After describing how intelligence information usually flows from top to bottom during conventional conflicts, the authors state:
On PowerPoint briefings:In a counterinsurgency, the flow is (or should be) reversed. The soldier or development worker is usually the person best informed about the environment and the enemy. Moving up through levels of hierarchy is normally a journey into greater degrees of cluelessness.
Does this mean that the "PowerPoint Ranger" tab will soon be a thing of the past?Microsoft Word, rather than PowerPoint, should be the tool of choice for intelligence professionals in a counterinsurgency.
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