foreign internal defense

If the coalition consolidates on major bases along the ring road and attempts a Soviet-style hub and spoke concept, the result will be the same: defeat. 

Operators must understand local culture and must harness the power of local institutions to fight an irregular enemy. A proposed method to do so.

Comparing Past and Current Challenges to Afghan Local Defense.

Will we “learn” the same lessons we learned after Vietnam again? (…and, by the way, what were those lessons?)