He received a masters degree in strategic intelligence from the american military university and a masters degree in national security affairs from the naval postgraduate school in monterey, california. A comprehensive examination of the centralized, quantitative approach to assessment, as described in the literature and doctrine and applied in two primary case studies vietnam and afghanistan, reveals weaknesses and gaps and proposes an alternative process. New thinking about war and war prevention 9781531008864. I am astonished how much i learn with each new book on the american civil war.
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It would have been useful, for example, to introduce the reader to the work of james q. Already regarded as the benchmark in its field, embracing defeat is a work of colossal scholarship and history of the very first order. Assessment informs critical decisions, including the allocation of resources and major shifts in strategy. Assessment and metrics in counterinsurgency, rand report santa monica, ca. Progress and its mismeasurement in vietnam and the new wars are. Dowers brilliant examination of japan in the immediate, shattering aftermath of world war ii. Fog of war, mcnamara, war, kennedy, errol morris it is the story of america as seen through the eyes of the former secretary of defense, robert s. It is difficult to imagine a book more terribly relevant than the fog of war. Empirical research has shown that nations with a neighbor at war are more likely to have a civil war themselves sambanis 2001. Pdf the fog of war download full pdf book download. Connable s task is to assess the state of war metrics for counterinsurgency coin doctrine in his monograph embracing the fog of war. Despite its colossal human and machinic capital, the us military was faced with a hindered ability to even accurately evaluate how the vietnam war was progressing.
The unpredictable counterinsurgency environment challenges centralized, quantitative campaign assessment. Ben connable graduated from the university of colorado boulder in boulder, colorado. Ben connable, military intelligence fusion for complex operations. A comprehensive examination of the centralized, quantitative approach to assessment, as described in the literature and doctrine and applied. I found the book easy to consume during my commutes and thought the material was presented in an even handed way. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Military history bookshelf sept 2018 wargames boardgamegeek. A comprehensive examination of the centralized, quantitative approach to assessment, as described in the. From a troop perspective this came across as stupid, incompetent, or foolish. Department of defense dod, congress, and the executive branch shape what tend to be difficult and lengthy counterinsurgency coin campaigns. Winner of the pulitzer prize, the 1999 national book award for nonfiction, finalist for the lionel gelber prize and the kiriyama pacific rim book prize, embracing defeat is john w. But fog of war shows that in reality the momentum for civil rights was not so clear cut, with activists facing setbacks as well as successes and their opponents finding ways to. Bourries the fog of war explores the little examined records of the small cadre of government censors during world war ii and discovers an overworked group of men that resisted the desire of politicians and the military to overuse censorship and was concerned about the complacency of the press. Assessment and metrics in counterinsurgency by ben connable.
Despite its colossal human and machinic capital, the us military was faced with a hindered ability to even accurately evaluate how the vietnam war. Ben connable is an american retired marine major, military strategist and professor at the. The book shows how violence cascades from state to state. Assessment and metrics in counterinsurgency assessment processes in vietnam attack data, hamlet pacification data, operational data had major data flaws with bad consequences. Learning from the struggle to assess counterinsurgency and. More importantly in the analysis of this book, war cascades from hot spot to hot spot within and between states autesserre 2010, 2014. This indicator or mop shows how many government jobs in a particular district were filled by civil servants. Mcnamara illustrating his observations of the nature of modern warfare. Department of defense will receive more detailed, transparent, and credible assessments of its counterinsurgency campaigns by replacing its topdown approach with a bottomup method driven by contextual, narrative reporting provided by commanders on the ground. Assessment and metrics in counterinsurgency, rand mg1086.
The title derives from the military concept of the fog of war. Embracing the fog of war by ben connable overdrive. Embracing the fog of war by ben connable book resume. This includes a look at assessments conducted in vietnam as well as afghanistan. It would be all too easy to assume that the war was a key stepping stone to the modern civil rights movement. A study in collective amnesia the human race needs to think more about killing, growls the 85yearold robert s mcnamara, legendary us secretary of. Ben connable campaign assessments help decisionmakers in the u. Assessment and metrics in counterinsurgency ben connable the unpredictable counterinsurgency environment challenges centralized, quantitative campaign assessment. Embrace a unique way of experiencing your adventures. Assessment and metrics in counterinsurgency by ben connable isbn. A tashkil is a government staff in a particular office or station. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading embracing the fog of war. How the human terrain system is undermining sustained cultural competence, i argued that the deployment of nonorganic cultural teams to afghanistan and iraq was unnecessary and counterproductive.
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