Alex Strick Van Linschoten has posted a reading list for North Waziristan. A very comprehensive listing of books, reports, news articles, and websites.
www.alexstrick.com/a-different-place/2014/12/north-waziristan-a-reading-list
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Friday, January 9, 2015
Monday, January 20, 2014
Maneuver Self Study Program - Afghanistan
www.benning.army.mil/mssp/Afghanistan/
Friday, January 10, 2014
Recommended Books for Afghan Deployments
A recent post on the "War On The Rocks" blog provides recommendations for books to read prior to an Afghan deployment. The blog post is entitled "Rebooting Country Studies" (published December 31, 2013) and discusses in general the types of books required by individuals studying a world region or country (possibly in preparation for a deployment). Within the context of the article are some books that are recommended if one is inclined to learn a little about how Afghanistan works. The books are by (you have to go to the middle of the article to read this) Taminm Ansary and include West of Kabul, East of New York and Games Without Rules: the Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Reading Lists for Afghanistan War
There are lots of recommended reading lists that have been compiled and disseminated over the past several years for the Afghan War. Think tanks, government agencies, the Pentagon, and military units have all drawn up recommended books and publications for privates, generals, civilian contractors, State Department officials and others heading to Afghanistan. A recent news article discusses the nature of the recommended books. He compares the number of books published during the Vietnam era with the number of books published about the Afghan War - and notes that there was twice as many books published on Vietnam. Not only that, but he notes that the main topic of books during the Vietnam era was about how wrong the war was, how badly it was being fought, and how to exit. The majority of the books on Afghanistan are about how to fight the war better; specifically how to employ the doctrine of Counterinsurgency or COIN in Afghanistan. Read his article here - "Getting the Right Read on America's Afghan War", CBS News, October 15, 2010. See Amazon.com for a listing of books about counterinsurgency.
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