Excellent article on Afghanistan

Wdll · #1 August 24th, 2009, 03:34 AM

Isn't that Keegan's book the one where he tries to look good by bashing Clausewitz?

Anyway, I think Snipey was more referring to propaganda and subjectivity when he talked about "politics".

Anthony_Scott · #2 August 24th, 2009, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Wdll

Isn't that Keegan's book the one where he tries to look good by bashing Clausewitz?

No, the book central theme is trying to view warfare through the Clausewitz view that warfare is a continuation of official state political policy through another means. Clausewitz understood that politics always motivated warfare.

I have bookmarked the links that were provided and will read them later.The Soviet war in Afghanistan is a virtual unknown and the more that I can learn about it the more I can enlighten my colleagues about it.

Anthony_Scott · #3 August 24th, 2009, 01:40 PM

Michael Yon is currently in Afghanistan and is stomping about with British soldiers. He has posted this article along with excellent photos. Also, the Yon article has some excellent Google Earth screenies that might prove valuable for scenario design.

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/bad-medicine.htm

Also, I have come across an article detailing why training the ANA is taking so long. I especially like the latter part of the article where he goes a long way to demolish, in his view, many of the assumptions people have about the ANA.

http://www.snappingturtle.net/flit/a...24.html#006507

Lastly, a big thank you to those of you who have posted civil and professional answers to this post. I have learned alot from the answers and hope that further articles I post will start many more robust learning sessions. We are here to learn.

redcoat2 · #4 August 24th, 2009, 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Anthony_Scott

Michael Yon is currently in Afghanistan and is stomping about with British soldiers. He has posted this article along with excellent photos. Also, the Yon article has some excellent Google Earth screenies that might prove valuable for scenario design.

http://www.michaelyon-online.com/bad-medicine.htm

Thanks. Interesting article and photos.