Abdullah, Abdullah, 315
Abizaid, John, 170–71, 173, 181–82, 195, 198, 223, 224, 231, 232, 234, 239, 260
Abraham Lincoln Brigade, 9
Abu Ghraib prison, 160
Ackerman, Spencer, 292
Afghanistan, 4, 16, 42, 66, 69, 200
Soviet invasion of, 85, 104, 309
Afghanistan Reconstruction Group, 321
Afghan War:
Afghan election and, 300–302, 315
Afghan government as U.S. partner in, 313–14
al Qaeda in, 294–97, 300–304, 310, 316, 345, 353
assessment of, 363–64
assessment teams’ report in, 305–8, 311
Biden’s strategy for, 297–98, 300–301, 309, 315–16
CIA’s drone campaign in, 347–48, 353
civilian casualties problem in, 324–26, 327, 328–29, 331, 344
clear-hold-build strategy and, 307, 330–32
cost of, 299–300
counterterrorism-counterinsurgency rivalry in, 300–301, 302, 308–9, 310, 311, 315–17, 319–20, 353–54
Eikenberry’s critique of McChrystal’s strategy in, 313–15
failed strategy in, 353–54
Five Pillars strategy in, 320–22
Gates and U.S. policy in, 309–10
government corruption and patronage in, 301–2, 307–8, 324, 334, 339–41, 346–48, 363
Iraq conflict compared with, 345–46
ISAF problem in, 307–8
Karzai’s threats to undermine U.S. in, 345–46
legitimacy issue and, 302, 307, 314–15, 340–41
McChrystal’s posting to, 303, 305
McChrystal’s tactical directives in, 325–27, 343
Marja battle in, 329–31, 332, 336
NATO in, 294, 301, 305–8, 317–18, 322–26, 330, 334
Obama’s “comprehensive” strategy for, 300–301
Obama’s national address on, 351–53
Obama’s West Point address on, 316–18
Operation Moshtarak in, 330
“opinion leaders” tour in, 338–40
Petraeus’s guidelines for, 341–44
Petraeus’s posting to, 338–40
Riedel report on U.S. policy in, 295–97, 299–300, 301, 323
RMA and, 53–55
Rothstein report on, 344–45
Rumsfeld and, 55–56
Shinwari pact in, 332, 334–37, 363
Special Forces in, 54–55
specter of the Vietnam War and, 310–11
Status of Forces Agreement and, 294
surge and drawdown in, 317–18, 351–53
“three-block war” scheme in, 327
African National Congress, 68–69
Agency for International Development (AID), 27, 112, 149, 183, 251–52, 287–88, 296, 319–20, 331
Agriculture Department, U.S., 287–88, 296
Air Force, U.S., 53, 99, 145, 232, 359
drones dispute and, 271–72, 274–75
revised Army field manual and, 57
RMA and, 46–47, 48–51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 110, 271–72, 353, 359
Transportation Command of, 274
AirLand Battle (Army field manual), 57–58, 105, 129, 146, 162
Algeria, 15, 17, 19, 104, 160, 170, 225, 364
al Haramain Foundation, 66
Ali-Jassim, Abu, 247
Allen, John, 248
al Qaeda, 86, 178, 250, 253, 263, 268, 278, 357
in Afghan War, 294–97, 300–304, 310, 316, 345, 353
Anbar Awakening and, 244, 246–48
in Bosnia, 65–66
drones strikes against, 54–55
U.S. Baghdad operations and, 257–58, 267
al Qaeda in Iraq, 201, 253, 304
American Anthropological Association, 285
American Enterprise Institute (AEI), 200, 233, 235, 236–37, 305, 308, 350
American Interest, 222
Anaconda, Operation, 55
“Analysis of Iraqi and Coalition End States” (Ward), 209–10
Anbar Awakening, MacFarland and, 244–48, 259, 261, 262, 268–69, 276, 334, 342, 363
Casey’s doubts of, 246–47
clear-hold-build strategy and, 246
Odierno’s visit to, 248
People’s Council in, 246
Petraeus’s visit to, 249
Sattar and, 247–48
Ancker, Clinton, 133–34, 136–37
Anthropology Today, 285
“Anti-Iraq Forces” (AIF), 252–53
Aristide, Jean-Bertrand, 63
Armed Forces Journal, 278
Armitage, Richard, 51
Armstrong, Joel, 234–35, 236, 237, 240
Army, U.S., 1, 5, 61, 65, 130, 178, 195, 229, 362
AirLand field manual of, 57–58, 105, 129, 146, 162
firepower doctrine of, 2–3, 41, 110–11
force generation model of, 236
Future Combat System of, 271–73, 299
General Officer Management Office of, 280
Human Terrain Teams program of, 214, 285
low intensity warfare disdained by, 45–46, 112
Maneuver Center of Excellence of, 358
MRAP controversy and, 272–74, 275
National Training Center of, 37, 45, 130–32, 156, 167, 169, 172, 225–26, 277
Office of Plans, Policy, and Programs of, 322
Operations field manual of, 41–42
Petraeus’s retirement from, 351
post-Iraq role of, 358–59
promotions system of, see promotions system
Ranger School of, 191
“Ready First” Brigade of, 277
SAMS of, 57–58, 69–70, 81, 162
Vigilant Warrior wargame of, 59–60
Walter Reed Hospital scandal and, 271, 276, 280–81
Army After Next (think tank), 102–3
Army and Vietnam, The (Krepinevich), 33, 168
Army Intelligence Center, 213–16
Army War College, 29, 59, 88, 92, 94, 107, 112, 138, 139, 141
Peacekeeping Institute of, 45
Art of War, The (Sun Tzu), 57
Assault Breaker, 47–48
“Assessment of the Counterinsurgency Effort in Iraq” (McMaster), 171
Association of the United States Army, 276
Atlantic, 153
Atmar, Hanif, 331
Baath Party, Iraqi, 184, 245, 246
Bremer’s CPA Order banning, 74–75, 114, 126, 171, 190, 196
Baghdad security operations, 253–69, 272
al Qaeda assault plan in, 257–58
security stations in, 256–57, 264–65
surge troop deployment in, 258–59
Baker-Hamilton Commission, 204–8, 233, 270, 279
Casey’s meeting with, 205–6
Chiarelli’s briefing of, 207–8, 211
members of, 204–5
surge concept and, 204–5, 206, 207
Bali terrorist bombing, 141
Barno, David, 236, 319–21, 322
Basin Harbor conference, 108–16, 119, 147, 174, 194
Bateson, Gregory, 285
Batiste, John, 189–90
Battle Command Training Program, 69, 130, 153, 239
Bechtel Group, 185
Bell for Adano, A (Hersey), 90
Benevolence International Foundation, 66
Bergner, Kevin, 198–99
Bernstein, David, 155–56
Beschloss, Michael, 310
“Best Practices of Counterinsurgency” (Sepp), 146, 150, 167, 174
Better War, A (Sorley), 194, 311, 320
Beukema, Herman, 6–9
Beverly Hills Cop (film), 67
Biddle, Stephen, 238, 261–62, 305, 308, 338, 340–41, 342, 362
Biden, Joseph, 210, 295, 309, 310, 312, 337, 353
Afghan War debate and, 297–98, 300, 315–16
Bigeard, Marcel “Bruno,” 15–16, 160
bin Laden, Osama, 54–55, 56, 294
death of, 353
Bolivia, 29
BooksAMillion.com, 320
Boot, Max, 338
Borneo, 85
Bosnia, 53, 65–69, 76, 95–96, 127, 180, 182, 225, 229, 245, 251, 254, 350, 356
Bremer, L. Paul “Jerry,” 82–83, 110, 191, 229, 251
and CPA Order banning Baathists, 74–75, 114, 126, 171, 190, 196
Broadwell, Paula, 367–68
Brookings Institution, 306
Brooks, Nichoel, 257–58
Buckley, Dave, 131
Bundy, McGeorge, 310–11
Bureaucracy Does Its Thing (Komer), 209, 289
Burma, 39
Bush, George H. W., 49, 193, 204, 205, 239, 310, 349
Bush, George W., 51, 56, 71, 91, 95, 191, 193, 194, 196, 197, 199, 211, 233, 263, 270, 273, 280, 281, 296, 300, 353
Baker-Hamilton report rejected by, 207
“mission accomplished” declaration of, 58, 71
surge policy and, 237–43, 257, 260
2004 election and, 204
in White House surge meeting, 237–38, 239
Bush, G. W. administration, 84, 118, 146, 185, 210, 285, 294–95, 298, 300, 322
Cable News Network (CNN), 49, 335–36, 364
Campbell, Joseph, 70
Camp Nama, 304
Card, Andrew, 196
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 140
Caro, Robert, 310
Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 138, 288, 328
Sewall conference in, 139–41
Carter, Jimmy, 28
Cartwright, James “Hoss,” 312
Casey, George, Jr., 94–98, 103–4, 105, 127, 129, 136, 141, 167, 173, 186, 187–88, 193, 195, 198, 199, 210, 211, 231, 232, 238–40, 241, 251, 263, 264, 270, 273, 281
Anbar Awakening operation doubted by, 246–47
Baker-Hamilton Commission’s meeting with, 205–6
Iraq War strategy of, 178–83, 189–92, 201–3, 205, 249–51, 260
Casey, George, Sr., 95
Castro, Fidel, 28
Center for a New American Security, 296, 306, 355
Center for Army Lessons Learned, 130–31
Center for Strategic and International Studies, 137
Central Command, U.S., 170, 181, 182, 199, 223, 234, 282, 296, 302, 304, 328, 338
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 27, 45, 53, 54, 76, 97, 101, 153, 205, 271, 273, 276, 288, 296, 298, 304, 323
counterinsurgency field manual and, 148–49
drone campaign of, 347–48, 353
Petraeus named director of, 350–51
Centurions, The (Larteguy), 15–17, 18, 31, 160, 305
Chayes, Sarah, 338–41
Cheney, Dick, 52, 71, 118, 196, 237, 238–39, 242, 312
Chiarelli, Peter, 183–90, 193, 209, 210, 222, 239, 247, 249, 270–73, 276, 278, 282, 302, 341, 355, 362
Baker-Hamilton Commission briefed by, 207–8, 211
Gates’s hiring of, 211–12
surge opposed by, 263
SWET campaign of, 185–87, 207, 250
China, People’s Republic of, 25, 102, 123, 357
Churchill, Winston, 238
Civilian Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS), 27, 29, 31, 41, 82, 119, 209, 225
Clausewitz, Carl von, 57, 60, 87
clear-hold-build strategy, 194, 195–97, 204–8, 244–47, 279
Clinton, Bill, 53, 63, 138, 169, 205, 349
Clinton, Hillary, 302, 309, 313, 334–35, 336
Afghan War debate and, 297–98
Rumsfeld’s confrontation with, 224–25
Clinton administration, 68
“Closing the Gap” (Odierno), 250–51, 256
CNN (Cable News Network), 49, 335–36, 364
Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), 74, 110, 191, 208, 229, 251
Coats, Dan, 51
Cohen, Eliot, 114, 118, 140, 144–47, 156, 164, 166, 174, 177, 194, 200–201, 231, 238, 239, 256, 261, 291–92, 323
background of, 108–11
Gulf War study of, 109–10
at Strategic Studies Conference, 111–12
Cohen, William, 169
COIN Academy, 167, 179, 187–88, 202, 251, 265
“COIN Strategy: Civilian Concerns” (Eikenberry), 313
Cold War, 1–2, 9, 28, 35, 36, 42, 51, 59, 99, 105–6, 227, 271, 276
weapons development and end of, 47–49
“collateral damage,” 139 Colombia, 25
colonialism, 160
Combined Arms Center, 105, 128, 145, 195, 255
multiple domains of, 130–31
Petraeus’s overhaul of, 131–32
Combined Arms Doctrine Directorate, 215
Command and General Staff College, 23, 57, 69, 72, 101, 103, 129, 130–31, 169, 178, 220, 225, 250
Commander’s Emergency Response Program (CERP), 75–76
Commerce Department, U.S., 287–88
CompanyCommand.com, 177
Conduct of Anti-Terrorist Operations in Malaya, The, 40–41
Conduct of War, The (Fuller), 57
Congress, U.S., 7, 26, 28, 204, 203
Baker-Hamilton Commission of, see Baker-Hamilton Commission
2006 election and, 270
see also Senate, U.S.
Congressional Budget Office, 208
“Constraints on America’s Conduct of Small Wars” (Cohen), 110
Continental Airlines, 321
Continental Army, 4
Corum, James, 157
Costa Rica, 25
“council of colonels,” 223–24, 241, 260
Kagan’s surge study and, 233
meetings of, 231–32
Council on Foreign Relations, 78, 90, 238, 305
counterinsurgency field manual, 213–22, 239, 287, 289, 362–63
AIC’s nonconcurrence and, 213–16
bibliography of, 152
combined arms doctrine in, 215
Crane’s contribution to, 145–47, 149–51, 163–65
critiques of, 136–37, 161–64, 213–16
endorsements of, 148–49
“Guide for Action” section of, 177
and guide for civilians and policy makers, 286–91
host government factor in, 340–41
“intelligence” chapter of, 213–16
interim version (FM 3–07.22) of, 136–37
IO operations and, 144, 147–48, 149–52
Kilcullen’s definition in, 175–76
Kilcullen’s principles and commandments article and, 175–77
leadership and ethics chapter of, 160
Marks’s contribution to, 135–36
Nagl-Peters meeting on, 220–21
Nagl’s proposed outline for, 144–45, 147, 151
need for, 133–34
paradoxes section of, 216–18
part publication of, 145–46, 164–65, 177
Peters’s criticism of, 216–22
Petraeus and, 143, 145, 147–49, 151, 213, 214–15, 218–19, 324
published, 221–22
religious extremism issue and, 217–19
revisions of, 214–15, 218–19, 222
West’s critique of, 161–64
workshop on, see counterinsurgency field manual workshop
writers of, 151–52
counterinsurgency field manual workshop, 153–65
attendees of, 153
Crane at, 155–56
journalists at, 153
Sewall at, 154–55
West’s critiques in, 161–64
Counterinsurgency in Iraq: Implications of Irregular Warfare for the United States Government conference, 138
counterinsurgency warfare and doctrine, 2, 24, 34, 60, 119, 135, 324, 327
anthropologists’ opposition to, 284–86
Army doctrine and, 3–4
assessment of, 362–65
Bush administration’s opposition to, 84
in Central and South America, 25–29
colonialism and, 160
cultural awareness and, 80, 157, 214
dark side of, 364
Defense Department directive on, see Defense Department Directive 3000.05
definition of, 175–76
F-bomb affair and, 292–93
Galula and, 17–20
host country and, 158–59, 289–91
intelligence and, 142, 150, 213–14, 255
interagency conference on, 287–88
Kilcullen’s “folly” statement on, 290–92
legitimacy issue and, 156–57, 158
local population and, 18–19, 136, 151, 158, 159–60
long-term commitment and, 163–67
in Malaya, 38–41
Marine Corps tradition and, 83–84
military policy review and, 354–55
military’s attitude toward, 88–89
modern officers corps and, 31
neoconservatives and, 233
Parameters article on, 29–31
Petraeus’s Mosul operation and, 71–74
political environment and, 142–43
principles and paradoxes of, 141–43, 149, 161–62
Sewall’s conference on, 139–42
West Point and, 4–5
Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice (Galula), 17–18, 82, 178, 230, 255, 342
“Counterinsurgency Guidance” (Kilcullen), 265–66
counterterrorism (CT), 300–301, 302, 308–9, 310, 311, 315–17, 319–20, 353–54
Crane, Conrad, 139, 140, 154, 161, 169, 177, 215–16, 218, 219, 255, 287–88, 291–92, 356
COIN field manual and, 145–47, 149–51, 163–65
Dave Bernstein Memorial Award and, 155–56
IO operations and, 144, 147–48, 149–51
in visit to West Point’s alumni cemetery, 360–61
Crumpton, Henry “Hank,” 111, 166, 177
C-Span, 224
Cyber Command, U.S., 355
Dallek, Robert, 310
Darley, William, 106–7, 137, 145, 165, 177, 187
Darul Islam, 86
Davidson, Janine, 112, 119–20, 141, 144, 153, 177, 287–88
Davison, Ketti, 257–58
Dayton Peace accords, 65, 67, 245
Deane, Tony, 247
Defeating Communist Insurgency (Thompson), 17
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), 47, 119
Defense Department, U.S., 5–6, 8, 45, 48, 51, 64, 66, 109, 119, 145, 192, 194, 199, 205, 231, 288, 345
Defense Policy Board of, 108, 231
Directive 3000.05 of, see Defense Department Directive 3000.05
Gates’s overhaul of, 271–75
Karzai’s threats and, 345–46
Kilcullen’s move to, 89–90
Obama’s new strategic guidelines and, 356–60
Office for Stability Operations of, 112, 141
Defense Department Directive 3000.05, 118–23, 124, 141, 238, 270
early drafts of, 120–22
hearings on, 122
key passage of, 122
MOOTW and, 123
Nagl and, 120–22
new strategic guidelines and, 358
Phase IV operations and, 123
stability operations and, 118–19
Defense Intelligence Agency, 76, 144
Defense Ministry, Iraqi, 208
Defense Science Board, 118–19, 121–22
Democratic Party, U.S., 204, 237, 296
Dempsey, Martin, 349, 354, 358–59
DePuy, William, 41–42, 57, 105
Dereliction of Duty: Lyndon Johnson, Robert McNamara, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Lies That Led to Vietnam (McMaster), 168–69, 190
Desert Shield, Operation, 36
Desert Storm, Operation, 1, 8, 36, 37, 42, 44, 58, 61–62, 95, 97, 182, 359
Devlin, Peter, 247
Dien Bien Phu, Battle of, 15
Dilbert (comic strip), 79
“doctors without orders,” 98, 179
Downing, Wayne, 237–38
drones (unmanned aircraft), 46–48, 271–75, 276
Dubai, 349
Dunwoody, Ann, 282
Eagleburger, Lawrence, 205
Eagle Troop, 169
Edelman, Eric, 118, 238–41, 287
82nd Airborne Division, U.S., 62, 63, 65, 97, 100, 128, 172, 184, 226, 282, 301, 303
Eikenberry, Karl, 322, 341, 346
McChrystal’s strategy criticized by, 313–15
Shinwari pact opposed by, 335–37
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 5–6, 351
election of 2000, 204
election of 2006, 270
election of 2008, 295
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.S., 169
Ellsberg, Daniel, 22
El Salvador, 25–26, 28–30, 31, 36, 68, 100, 102, 111–13, 149, 153, 158–59, 291
England, Gordon, 117, 121–22, 129–30
Estonia, 99
Exum, Andrew, 306
Fall, Bernard, 15–17
Fallows, James, 153
Fallujah, Second Battle of, 91
Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front, 25
Fast, Barbara, 215–16
Federation of American Scientists, 138
Feith, Doug, 118
Fields, Craig, 119–21
Fil, Joseph, 256
Filkins, Dexter, 330
Finance Ministry, Iraqi, 188
1st Armored Division, U.S., 95, 244
1st Cavalry Division, U.S., 1, 36, 95, 183–84, 185, 186, 193, 253–57
1st Infantry Division, U.S. “Big Red One,” 22
1st Marine Division, U.S., 161
5th Cavalry Regiment, U.S., 254
5th Special Forces Group, U.S., 28
509th Airborne battalion combat team, U.S., 14
Five Pillars strategy, 320–22
Flournoy, Michèle, 140, 141, 153–54, 157, 296–97, 301, 306, 355
FM 3–24, Counterinsurgency, see Counterinsurgency field manual Ford administration, 120
Fore, Henrietta, 293
Foreign Office, British, 251
Foreign Service Institute, 290
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), 85
4th Infantry Division, U.S., 71, 113–14, 194, 227, 239, 248, 251–52, 333
Fox News, 216
Franks, Tommy, 52, 56, 59, 170
Free French, 15
Fuller, J. F. C., 57
Fuller, Kurt, 183–84
Future Combat System, 271–73, 299
Gallipoli campaign, 110
Galula, David, 17–20, 24, 31, 38, 73, 76–77, 82, 87, 105, 150, 154, 160, 171, 172, 175, 178, 225, 230, 231, 255, 286–87, 290, 305, 327, 342
Galvin, John, 21–26, 29, 30, 32, 33–34, 35, 36, 65, 74, 111, 148, 154, 156–57, 222, 227, 360
body count incident and, 22–23
Garrett, Michael, 282
Gates, Robert, 205, 240, 293, 300, 301, 308, 312, 316, 317, 323, 349–52
Afghan War policy and, 309–10
Air Force’s drones dispute with, 271–73
career of, 270–71
Chiarelli hired by, 211–12
Defense Department overhauled by, 271–75
McKiernan relieved by, 302–3
Maliki’s meeting with, 241
MRAP dispute and, 272–75
in Obama administration, 298–99
promotions system reform and, 282–83
Rumsfeld replaced by, 211–12, 238–39, 270, 298
Walter Reed Hospital scandal and, 271, 276, 280–81
Geithner, Tim, 309
General Dynamics, 117
General Motors, 321
Geneva Peace Accords, 15
George, Alexander, 38
George, Randy, 332–37
Georgia, Republic of, 293
Geren, Pete, 279–82
Germany, Democratic Republic of (East Germany), 36, 99
Germany, Federal Republic of (West Germany), 27, 47, 99
Germany, reunified, 193
“Getting Counterinsurgency Right” (Peters), 221–22
Ghani, Ashraf, 346
Giambastiani, Edmund, Jr., 121
Global Hawk (drone), 271
Global Positioning System (GPS), 53
“Global Reach-Global Power” (U.S. Air Force), 49
Goldstein, Gordon, 310–11
Goodwin, Doris Kearns, 310
Gorbachev, Mikhail, 36
Gore, Al, 204
Gorman, Paul, 22–23
Graham, Lindsey, 314
Grant, Ulysses S., 351
Malaya insurgency and, 38–40, 42, 80, 86, 112–13, 143, 159, 333, 364
Green Berets, 100–101
Greenwood, Tom, 231–32
Grizzle, David, 321
GSG-9 (counterterrorism squad), 27
Guevara, Che, 156
Gulf War Airpower Survey (Cohen), 110
air campaign study in, 109–10
onset of, 49
Nagl and, 1–3
Gusterson, Hugh, 285–86
Hadley, Stephen, 196–97, 237, 242
Haig, Alexander, 28
Haiti, 44, 63–65, 68, 95, 111, 140, 225, 277, 296, 356
Hamas, 159
Hammes, T. X., 111, 141, 153, 177
Hampson, Françoise, 158
Hannah, John, 242
Harvard University, 101–2, 109, 138, 182, 208, 288, 322, 328
Harvey, Francis, 126, 128, 271, 280–81
Hastings, Michael, 337
Health Ministry, Iraqi, 188
Hellfire missile, 53
Hell in a Very Small Place (Fall), 15
Helmick, Frank, 90–91, 129, 144–45, 147
Hemingway, Ernest, 85
Hero with a Thousand Faces, The (Campbell), 70
Hersey, John, 90
Hickey, Jim, 114
Hicks, Kathleen, 355–56
Hillen, John, 287
Hix, William, 97–99, 103–4, 105, 136, 141, 153, 167–68, 173–74, 178–79, 193, 194–95, 250–51
Hoffman, Bruce, 141
Holbrooke, Richard, 296
Holocaust, 109
Hong Kong, 17
Hoover Institution, 179
Hopkins, Donna, 287
Horvath, Jan, 134, 135–36, 137, 143, 145, 149, 154, 156, 164, 177, 255
House of Representatives, U.S., 237, 280
Houtman, Gustaaf, 285–86
Howard, Russ, 68
Hué, Battle of, 91
Huffington Post, 292
Hughes, Louis, 321
Human Terrain Teams program, 214, 285
Hungary, 38
Hussein, Saddam, 1, 36, 49, 56, 71, 75, 84, 87, 109, 189, 245, 304, 363
Iltizam Mushtarak (United Commitment) strategy, 174, 179
Independent Directorate of Local Governance, 332
Indonesia, 86
information operations (IO), 135, 144, 147–48, 149–52, 165, 191, 214, 220, 259, 260–61, 334
Institute for Defense Analysis, 81, 216
“Insurgent Within the COIN Revolution, An,” 3
intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR), 271
Interagency Counterinsurgency Initiative, 287–88
Interior Ministry, Afghan, 341
Interior Ministry, Iraqi, 188, 264
International Institute for Strategic Studies, 223
International Security, 110
International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), 305, 306, 307–8, 322–25, 326, 330, 334
Iran, 28, 123, 180–81, 250, 253, 267
Iraq, 1, 2, 4, 16, 37, 49, 104, 270
Iraq Study Group, see Baker-Hamilton Commission
Iraq War, 4, 31, 80–81, 84, 122–23, 124, 131, 159, 166, 355, 365
Abu Ghraib scandal in, 160
Afghan War compared with, 345–46
Australian Special Operations in, 87
Golden Mosque attack in, 166, 183
insurgency in, see Iraq War, insurgency in
lack of postwar planning in, 59–60
“mission accomplished” declaration and, 58
Mosul operations in, 71–76, 126–27, 141–42, 184, 227–28, 244, 246, 251, 255, 259–60, 269, 279
Petraeus in, 62–63. See also Petraeus, David Howell
revised army manual and, 55–58
Rumsfeld’s approach to, 56–57
technology and, 57
turnover of U.S. personnel in, 76–77
U.S. invasion in, 56, 62–63, 87
Iraq War, insurgency in, 94, 155, 166–73
Anbar Awakening in, see Anbar Awakening
Baghdad operations in, see Baghdad security operations
Bremer’s orders banning Baathists and, 74–75, 114, 126, 171, 190, 196
Bush’s visit and, 200–202, 203
Camp David meeting on, 199–201
Casey’s strategy for, 178–83, 189–92, 201–3, 205, 249–51, 260
CERP projects and, 75–76
civilian casualties in, 266–67
clear-hold-build strategy in, 194, 195–97, 204–8, 244–47, 279
“Closing the Gap” memo and, 256
coalition’s incompatible aims in, 209–11
Cohen’s perception of, 110–11
COIN Academy and, 167, 179, 187–88, 202, 251, 265
COIN survey in, 173–74, 193, 195
Iraq government as faction in, 188–89, 207–10, 232, 263
JSOC interrogations in, 304
Kilcullen’s warnings of, 87–88
McMaster’s dissertation on, 168–72
Marine Corps and, 83–84
Odierno’s memo on, 249–51
official perception of, 192
revolt of the generals and, 189–90
Rice’s Senate testimony and, 195–96
Rumsfeld and, 58–59
Samarra bombing in, 187
sectarian violence in, 178, 180–81, 187–89, 192, 197–98, 201–2, 210, 256, 263
SWET campaign in, 185–87, 207–8
Tal Afar stronghold in, 172–73, 177, 181, 193, 230, 234–35, 244–46, 279, 363
Ward’s briefing on, 209–11
Zelikow’s report on, 193–94
Iraq War, surge in, 204–8, 223–43, 260, 263
Baghdad operations and, 267–68
Baker-Hamilton Commission and, 204–5, 206, 207
Casey’s opposition to, 205–8, 242
concept of, 204–7
“council of colonels” and, see “council of colonels”
Gates-Maliki meeting and, 241
Joint Chiefs briefed on, 231–32
McMaster and, 223–24
mobilization debate and, 234–36, 241, 243
neoconservatives and, 233, 235, 236–37
NSC and, 237–38
Odierno and, 239–41
Pace-Keane meeting and, 230–31
Petraeus and, 227, 228, 229, 236, 238, 240–42, 243, 260, 263, 267, 268
Rumsfeld-Keane meeting and, 230–31
Rumsfeld’s proposed force reduction and, 227–28
troop deployment in, 257–59
White House meeting on, 237–38, 240
Irregular Warfare conference, 84–85, 88–89, 92, 108, 141, 355
“ISAF Commander’s Counterinsurgency Guidance,” 326
Ishmael (Quinn), 70
Italy, 68
Jaffe, Greg, 153
Jaysh al Rashideen, 252
Jaysh Muhammad, 252
Jaysh Rijal al-Tariq, 252
Jefferson, Thomas, 4
Jemaah Islamiya, 86
Johnson, Lyndon B., 27, 310–11
Johnson administration, 41
Joint Chiefs of Staff, 24, 26, 27, 45, 56, 65, 113, 120, 121, 128, 168, 171, 190, 195, 223, 224, 229, 231–32, 242, 295, 300, 304, 308, 312, 338, 346, 354, 355, 356
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), 53–54
Joint Forces Command, U.S., 121
Joint Interagency Counterterrorism Task Force, 65–66, 76
Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC), 130, 225–26, 228
Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), 272, 282, 303–4, 323, 344, 350
Joint Special Operations University, 135
Joint Strategic Assessment Team (JSAT), 260–61, 263
Jones, Jim, 316
Justice Assured, Operation, 65
Justice Department, U.S., 287–88, 296
Kabul Bank, 348
Kagan, Frederick, 199–200, 233–37, 239, 240, 241, 243, 270, 305, 306, 308–9, 338
Kagan, Kimberly, 305, 308, 309, 338
Kaplan, Robert, 200
Karzai, Hamid, 55, 300, 301–2, 307, 312, 313–18, 332, 335, 337, 339–41, 344, 352
corruption and, 314–15, 323–24
Eikenberry’s criticism of, 314–15
McChrystal and, 324
patronage network of, 347–48
Petraeus’s “untenable” threat and, 346–47
Shinwari pact sabotaged by, 332, 336
and threats undermining U.S. policy, 345–48
Kaufman, Dan, 61
Keane, Jack, 224, 225–29, 241, 243, 249, 261
Petraeus and, 227–28
Rumsfeld’s meeting with, 230–31
Kennedy, John F., 26–27, 41, 135, 170, 361–62
Kennedy administration, 84
Kerry, John, 315
Khalilzad, Zalmay, 321
Khrushchev, Nikita, 26
Kilcullen, David, 85, 111, 117, 118–20, 123, 124, 141, 153, 166, 174, 202, 231, 239, 260, 261, 265, 269, 295, 351, 355, 357, 362
anthropologists vs., 284–86
background of, 85–87
civilian field manual and, 287–91
counterinsurgency defined by, 175–761
“F-bomb” affair and, 292–93
“folly” statement of, 290–92, 341, 364
insurgency paper of, 87–88
at irregular warfare conference, 88–89
in move to Defense Department, 89–90
Nagl’s friendship with, 92–93
in return to Iraq, 166–67
Kissinger, Henry, 74
Kitson, Frank, 17, 38, 105, 154, 156, 170, 175, 178, 225
Komer, Robert, 27, 41, 82, 119, 194, 209, 289, 362
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of (North Korea), 123, 356
Korea, Republic of (South Korea), 100
Korean War, 33, 59, 99, 110, 302–3, 356
Krepinevich, Andrew, Jr., 33–34, 50, 51, 52, 111, 118, 168, 209, 277
Krulak, Victor “Brute,” 84
Kurdistan, 72
Kurds, 95, 181, 182, 210, 251, 253, 269, 333
Lacquement, Richard, Jr., 120, 141, 144, 151, 157
Lawrence, T. E., 43, 80, 82, 85, 90, 97, 105, 141, 156, 172, 175, 177, 245, 320, 346
“Learning Counterinsurgency: Observations from Soldiering in Iraq” (Petraeus), 137, 141, 149, 154
“Learning from Our Modern Wars” (Scott), 276
Learning to Eat Soup with a Knife (Nagl), 43, 82, 94, 111, 238, 245, 276, 320
paperback edition of, 117–18
Leno, Jay, 299
Lessons in Disaster (Goldstein), 310–11
Liddell Hart, B. H., 57
Lieberman, Joe, 51
Lincoln, Abraham, 238
Lincoln, George Arthur, 5, 6–9, 24, 31, 35, 222
“Lincoln Brigade,” 9–10, 35, 68, 137, 185
Lovelace, James, 321
low intensity conflict (LIC), 26, 361
Army’s attitude toward, 45–46
Low Intensity Operations (Kitson), 17
Lute, Doug, 316, 317–18, 323, 349–50
Maass, Peter, 91
McCaffrey, Barry, 237–38
McChrystal, Stanley, 282, 323, 333–35, 339, 341, 342–43, 344, 353
assessment teams of, 303–8, 311
career of, 303–4
civilian casualties problem and, 324–26
Eikenberry’s criticism of, 313–15
governance briefing of, 330–31
Karzai and, 324
Marja fight and, 329–30
New York Times interview of, 330
resignation of, 337–38
Rolling Stone article on, 337–38
Sewall’s confrontation with, 329
staff of, 328–29
tactical directives of, 325–27
MacFarland, Sean, 244–49, 250, 256, 261–62, 268–69, 276, 282, 336
McFate, Montgomery “Mitzy,” 157, 214, 219, 285
McGuire, Colleen, 282
McKiernan, Dave, 302–3, 312, 316, 323
McMaster, Herbert Raymond, 168, 178, 181, 190, 193, 195, 231–32, 233, 241, 244, 260–63, 283, 302, 308, 340, 348, 355, 358
“council of colonels” and, 223–24
doctoral dissertation of, 168–72
insurgency view of, 170–72
military background of, 168–70
Petraeus and, 169–71
promotion issue and, 279–80, 281, 282
surge debate and, 223–24
Tal Afar operation and, 172–73, 177, 230, 234–35, 246, 279
McNeil, Dan, 323
Mahdi Army, 184, 185, 186, 263, 267–68
Makers of Modern Strategy (Paret, Craig and Gilbert, eds.), 81
Malaya, 17, 33, 79, 80, 85, 86, 104, 112–13, 141, 149, 170, 217, 219, 225, 333, 364
insurgency in, 38–40, 42, 143, 159
Maley, William, 85
Maliki, Nouri Kamal al-, 188–89, 192, 197, 199, 201, 207–8, 210, 241, 253, 268, 284, 294, 307, 341, 346
U.S.’s Baghdad operations and, 263–64
Mancuso, Mario, 175
Mandela, Nelson, 68
Mansoor, Peter, 220, 231–32, 260
Manwaring, Max, 157–58
Mao Zedong, 17, 19, 39, 96, 113, 156, 305, 327
March Up, The (Smith and West), 161
Marine Corps, U.S., 83–84, 105, 148, 156, 195
MRAP dispute and, 272–74
Warfighting Lab of, 141
Marine Corps Gazette, 177
Marine Corps University, 144
Marja, Battle of, 329–31, 332, 336
Marks, Tom, 134–35, 153, 156, 165
Marr, Phebe, 172
Marshall, Andrew, 47–52, 55, 109, 359
Martin, John, 159
Mattis, Jim, 148
Mauriac, François, 13
Mead, Margaret, 285
Meese, Mike, 68–69, 76, 78, 126, 128, 251, 260
Merrill Lynch, 321
Metz, Steve, 92, 111–12, 141, 153, 157–58
Mexico, 41
Meyer, Heidi, 330–32
Michaelis, Patrick, 185, 186–87
Military Misfortunes: The Anatomy of Failure in War (Cohen and Gooch), 110
military operations other than war (MOOTW), 45–46, 63, 112, 123, 225, 320, 361
Military Review, 31, 105, 112, 137, 140, 141, 145–46, 149, 154, 167, 187, 202, 214, 255, 275–76
Field Manual summary published by, 177
renovation of, 105–7
“Military Support for Stability, Security,
Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR)
Operations,” 122
Miller, Harry, 40
Miller, Monica, 257–58
Milosevic, Slobodan, 65
Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP)
Modern History of Iraq, The (Marr), 172
Moshtarak, Operation, 330
Mulholland, John, 282
Mullen, Mike, 295, 297–98, 302, 312, 314, 338, 352
Myers, Richard, 229
My Lai massacre, 13
Nadaner, Jeffrey “Jeb,” 119, 120–22, 123, 125, 141, 287
Nagl, John, 34, 37, 40–41, 46, 69, 82, 86, 94, 96, 97, 105, 117, 119, 123, 137, 147, 150, 154, 156, 164–65, 172, 177, 199, 225, 245, 254, 255, 260, 276, 277–78, 283, 287–88, 305–6, 320, 321, 333, 351, 356, 361, 364–65
COIN field manual and, 143–45, 147, 151–52
Defense Department posting of, 90
Desert Storm and, 1–3
Directive 3000.05 and, 120–22
doctoral dissertation of, 3, 38–39, 42–43, 79, 209
Iraq War posting of, 79–80
Kilcullen’s friendship with, 92–93
military background of, 1–2, 9–10
New York Times profile of, 91–92, 111, 140–41
Peters’s confrontation with, 220–21
Petraeus and, 10, 34, 35–36, 129–30, 137, 143, 145, 147, 220, 351
promotions issue and, 280–82
retirement of, 296–97
at SSC, 112–15
West Point’s Social Sciences Department and, 44
Nagl, Susanne Varga, 37–38
National Army Museum (British), 38
National Defense Force, South African, 68
National Defense Panel, 51
National Defense University, 55, 111, 321
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 304
National Liberation Front, Algerian, 15
National Public Radio, 338
National Security Agency, 76, 304
National Security Council, 78, 84, 140, 194, 196, 199, 240, 309
surge and, 237–38
National Training Center, 37, 45, 130–32, 156, 167, 169, 172, 225–26, 277
National War College, 183
Naval Postgraduate School, 103, 136, 344
Naval War College, 109
bin Laden killed by, 353
Negroponte, John, 186
Network of Concerned Anthropologists, 284–85
Neumann, Ron, 322
“New Rules for New Enemies” (Nagl and Yingling), 278–79
Newsweek, 127
New York Post, 216, 220, 221–22
New York Times Magazine, 91–92, 111, 140
Niaz, Malik, 334
Nicaragua, 3, 25, 28, 41, 103, 104
Night Stackers, 303
Nixon, Richard M., 52
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 35, 36, 41–42, 47, 183, 272, 300, 306, 337, 346, 352, 353
in Afghan War, 294, 301, 305, 307–8, 317–18, 322–23
Balkans crisis and, 65–68, 182
see also International Security Assistance Force
Northern Ireland, 104, 226, 364
Obama, Barack, 293, 294, 302, 315, 322, 335, 347, 349, 354
Afghan War debate and, 301–2, 310–13, 316–18, 326, 351–53
elected president, 295
Gates retained by, 298–99
McChrystal’s resignation and, 337–38
military policy review called for by, 354–56
new “strategic guidance” address of, 356–60
Petraeus named CIA director by, 350–51
Riedel report and, 297–300
West Point address of, 316–18
Obama administration, 339
Gates retained in, 298–99
Odierno, Ray, 194–95, 197, 227–28, 243, 259, 261, 263, 265, 266, 267, 269, 270, 283, 296, 355, 358
in Anwar visit, 248
Baghdad security and, 253–54, 256–58
Casey’s campaign plan memo of, 249–51
as chief of staff, 354
“Closing the Gap” memo of, 250–51, 256
as 4th Infantry Devision commander, 113–14, 194, 227, 239, 248, 251–52, 333
Iraq surge and, 239–41
at Strategic Studies Conference, 113–16
Office of Net Assessment, 47, 109
Office of Strategic Services, 101
Of Paradise and Power (Kagan), 233
Ollivant, Doug, 254–56
101st Airborne Division, U.S., 31, 61–62, 69, 71–72, 77, 114, 126, 172, 187, 191, 199, 227, 333, 348
172nd Stryker Brigade, U.S., 202
173rd Airborne Brigade, U.S., 251
O’Neill, Mark, 220
On Guerrilla Warfare (Mao), 19
On War (Clausewitz), 57
Operation Anaconda, 55
Operation Desert Shield, 36
Operation Desert Storm, 1, 8, 36, 37, 42, 44, 58, 61–62, 95, 97, 182, 359
Operation Justice Assured, 65
Operation Moshtarak, 330
Operation Phantom Thunder, 267
Operations (field manual), 105
Operation Together Forward, 202
Operation Together Forward II, 202
Operation Uphold Democracy, 63–64
O’Sullivan, Meghan, 191–92, 197–99, 201, 202, 238, 242, 264
Pace, Peter, 121, 171, 195–96, 223–24, 230–31, 241–42
Pakistan, 56, 66, 295, 297, 322, 353
Afghan War and, 300–302, 314, 318
Palmer, Bruce, Jr., 33–34
Panama, 25, 29, 71, 95, 320, 356
Panetta, Leon, 205, 351, 354, 356
Peacekeeping Institute, 45
Pearl Harbor attack, 5
Pentagon Papers, 22
Peru, 25
Peters, Ralph, 216
COIN Field Manual criticized by, 217–22
Nagl’s meeting with, 220–21
Petraeus, David Howell, 10, 43, 83, 91, 95, 96, 102, 105, 111, 120, 125, 126, 172, 175, 177, 182, 191, 195, 209, 220, 221, 223, 236, 256, 276, 285, 287, 302, 305, 314, 317, 327, 328, 329, 333, 336, 341, 353, 355, 356, 360
Afghan War counterinsurgency guide of, 341–44
Afghan War posting of, 338–40
in Army Fellows program, 64
background of, 11–13
Baghdad operations and, 263–65
Balkans posting of, 65–68
CentCom posting of, 296
counterinsurgency field manual and, 143, 145, 147–49, 151, 213, 214–15, 218–19, 324
counterinsurgency readings of, 15–17
doctoral dissertation of, 32–34, 35, 38, 168, 209, 276–77, 364–65
French military’s influence on, 14–20
in Haiti operation, 63–65
Iraq command posting of, 259–61, 267–69
Italy posting of, 14
Joint Chiefs posting denied to, 349–50
Keane and, 227–28
marriage of, 12–13
Mosul operation and, 71–76, 126–27, 141–
42, 184, 227–28, 244, 246, 251, 255, 259–60, 269, 279
Nagl and, 10, 34, 35–36, 129–30, 137, 143, 145, 147, 220, 351
named CIA director, 350–51
on Newsweek cover, 127
as 101st Division commander, 61–62
in Operation Desert Storm, 62–63, 107
in parachute accident, 62
Parameters article of, 29–31, 32, 33–34
promotion board and, 282
retirement of, 351
Rumsfeld’s first encounter with, 126–27
Sanchez and, 127–28
Sewall’s conference and, 137–38, 141–42
shooting incident and, 62
in Southern Command, 25–26
on Vietnam War, 364–65
Wilson recruited by, 69–71
See also Iraq War; Iraq War, surge in
Petraeus, Holly Knowlton, 12–13
Phantom Thunder, Operation, 267
“Phase IV Operations: Where Wars Are Really Won” (Crane), 107, 146
Phee, Molly, 159
Philippines, 17, 33, 41, 97, 104, 107, 113, 159, 170, 219, 225, 364
“Pledge of Non-Participation in Counterinsurgency,” 284–85
Poland, 32
“Politically Correct War” (Peters), 216
Potsdam Conference (1945), 5
Powell Doctrine, 24–25
Power, Samantha, 138
Power of Myth, The (Campbell), 70
Praeger Publishers, 79, 92, 178
Predator drone, 53, 55, 271–72, 275
Princeton University, 24
“Principles, Imperatives, and Paradoxes of Counterinsurgency,” 165
“Producing Victory: Rethinking Conventional Forces in COIN Operations” (Ollivant and Chewning), 255
“Professor Nagl’s War” (Maass), 91
promotions system, 279–82
McMaster and, 169–71, 279–80, 281, 282
new strategic guidelines and, 358
Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), 92–93, 111, 114, 117, 140
of 2005, 89, 123–24, 166, 260, 355, 357
Quinn, Daniel, 70
RAND Corporation, 49, 98, 141, 156, 161, 170–71, 209
COIN symposium of, 177–78
Rapid Deployment Force, 21
Rayburn, Joel, 181–82, 260, 263
“Ready First” Brigade, 277
Reagan, Ronald, 9–10, 24, 28, 138
Reconstructing Iraq (Defense Department), 146
Red Army, Soviet, 359
Red Army Faction, 27
Red Cross, 127
Republican Guard, Iraqi, 50, 63, 169
Republican Party, U.S., 109, 204, 270, 296, 312
Resistance, 15
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, 25
revolution in military affairs (RMA), 46–48, 89, 124, 271–73, 359
Afghan War and, 53–55
Air Force and, 46–47, 48–51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 110, 271–72, 353, 359
JDAM and, 53–54
onset of, 46–47
smart bombs and, 49–51, 53, 56, 353
2000 election and, 51
unmanned aircraft development and, 47–48, 53–54
and weapons of transformation, 58
Revolution in Warfare? (Cohen), 110
Rice, Condoleezza, 166, 192–94, 197, 199, 239, 241, 286, 322, 323
F-bomb affair and, 292–93
Iraq War Senate testimony of, 195–96
Rice, Susan, 140
Ricks, Tom, 78
Afghan policy report of, 295–97, 299–300, 301
Robinson, Linda, 153
Rolling Stone, 337
Rothstein, Hy, 344–45
Rove, Karl, 237
Royal Military College, Australian, 85–86
Royal Military College, Canadian, 87
Rubaie, Mowaffak al-, 264
Rumsfeld, Donald, 51, 71, 82, 89, 94, 97, 106, 117, 118, 128, 171, 180, 182, 189–90, 194, 199, 206, 227–29, 237, 241, 275, 280, 281, 303, 345, 347, 359
Afghan War and, 55–56
clear-hold-build strategy opposed by, 195–97
Directive 3000.05 and, 119–21, 123
Gates’s replacement of, 211–12, 238–39, 270, 298
Hillary Clinton’s confrontation with, 224–25
Iraq insurgency failure of, 58–59
Iraq War and, 56–57
Keane’s meeting with, 230–31
Petraeus’s first meeting with, 126–27
2001 QDR and, 52–53
2005 QDR and, 123–24
Russia, 293
Sadr, Mohammad Sadiq al-, 184
Sadr, Muqtada al-, 184, 188, 263–64, 267–68
Sanchez, Ricardo, 96–97, 106, 127–28, 229
Sargeant, Stephen, 96–98
Sassoon, Siegfried, 70
Sattar Abu Risha, Abdul, 247–48
Saudi High Commission for Relief, 66
Schmidle, Robert “Rooster,” 83–84, 88, 355–56, 357
School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), 81, 108, 144
School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), 57–58, 69–70, 81, 162
Schoomaker, Peter, 94–95, 96, 117–18, 128–29, 215, 227
Schwartz, Norton, 274–75
Scott, Thayer, 275
Scowcroft, Brent, 310
2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.S., 169
Second Boer War, 85
Second Marine Regiment, U.S., 167–68
Senate, U.S., 237, 270, 297, 299, 314
Armed Services Committee of, 51, 224–25
Foreign Relations Committee of, 194–95, 295, 315
Sepp, Kalev “Gunner,” 136, 141, 146, 150, 153, 163, 168, 178–79, 187, 193, 194–95, 250–51, 255
insurgency war paper of, 104–5, 107
in Iraq, 103–4
military education of, 99–102
Sepp, Sulev, 99
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, 53, 65, 86, 94, 103, 139, 193, 204, 208, 254, 303, 353
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Lawrence), 43, 82, 90, 320
7th Special Forces Group, U.S., 26
sewage, water, electricity, trash collection (SWET), 185, 207, 250
Sewall, Sarah, 138–41, 149, 165, 174, 287–88, 328, 331, 337
Carr Center conferences of, 139–41, 145–47, 153
in field manual workshop, 154–55
McChrystal’s confrontation with, 329
Shapiro, Jeremy, 306
Shelton, Hugh, 168–69
Sherman, Matt, 345–46
Shias, 178, 180–81, 183, 189, 192, 210, 250, 253, 254, 262, 265, 267–68
Shining Path, 25
Shinwari pact, 332, 334–37, 363
Shivers, Mitchell, 321
Shock and Awe: Achieving Rapid Dominance (Ullman and Wade), 52
Simpson, Erin, 144
Sitting Bull, 70
Six-Day War, 109
6th Parachute Regiment, French, 14–15
Sling and the Stone, The (Hammes), 141
Small Wars Manual (U.S. Marine Corps), 82–83, 105, 156, 320
Small Wars: Their Principles and Practice (Callwell), 38, 80
in Gulf War, 49–51
Soldier of Fortune, 135
Soldier Reports, A (Westmoreland), 42
Somalia, 27, 44, 45, 81, 104, 225, 277, 356
Sorley, Lewis, 194–95, 311, 320
South Africa, 68
Southern Command, U.S., 25, 29–30, 65, 148
Soviet Union, 1–2, 25, 36, 38, 47, 87, 292, 299, 361
collapse of, 299
Spanish Civil War, 9
Special Forces, U.S., 29, 45, 63, 65, 97, 101, 103, 200, 257, 282, 323, 350, 362
in Afghan War, 54–55
irregular warfare and, 94–95
JFK and, 26–27
Mogadishu hostage rescue and, 100
Zarqawi killed by, 201
Special Operations Command, U.S., 106, 274
Sri Lanka, 191
Stability, Security, Transition, and Reconstruction (SSTR), 122
stability operations, 145, 354–56, 357
see also Defense Department Directive 3000.05
Stanton, Paul, 255
Star Wars Missile Defense Program, 138
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (film), 58, 154
State Department, U.S., 8, 64, 97, 111, 112, 119, 121, 148–49, 166, 183, 192, 194, 198, 199, 205, 208, 239, 256, 287, 296, 304, 323
Status of Forces Agreement, 294
Steele, James, 158
Steele, Michael, 187
Stephenson, James “Spike,” 186
Stinger missiles, 44
Strategic Air Command, 9
Strategic Studies Conference, 111–16
Cohen at, 111–12
impact of, 113
Odierno and, 113–16
participants in, 112
venue of, 112
Strategy: The Indirect Approach (Liddell Hart), 57
Strategy and Policy Group, 5
Street Without Joy (Fall), 15, 17
Sullivan, Gordon, 226–27
Sunnis, 178, 180–81, 184, 188–89, 192, 210, 244, 245, 247, 250, 253, 254, 261–64, 265, 267–68, 269, 333
Sun Tzu, 57
Supreme Command (Cohen), 200
Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, 254
Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE), 35–36
“Sustaining US Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense,” 356–57
Swain, Richard, 160
Sylvester, John, 66
Syria, 74, 172, 250, 253–54, 268
Taiwan, 25
Tal Afar, 172–73, 177, 181, 193, 230, 234–35, 244–46, 279, 363
Taliban, 53, 56, 87, 103, 236, 307, 314, 319, 332, 336, 340, 343, 347, 363
in Afghan War, 294–95, 300–301, 302, 306, 310, 316–17, 320, 321, 322–23, 329–30, 331, 333–34, 344–45, 353
in Battle of Marja, 329–30
drone strikes against, 54–55
Task Force Mountain Warrior, U.S., 332
Task Force 6–26, U.S., 304
Teamey, Kyle, 144, 151, 157, 216
Templer, Gerald, 38, 40, 42, 79, 143, 364
10th Mountain Division, U.S., 63, 282
Tet offensive, 13
Texas Monthly, 276
Thabit, Adnan, 187
Thayer, Sylvanus, 4–5
“Thinking Beyond War” (Wilson), 77–78
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, U.S., 168, 172, 223, 244, 279
3rd Army, U.S., 110
3rd Colonial Parachute Regiment, French, 15
3rd Infantry Division, U.S., 63
“Thirteen Observations from Soldiering in Iraq” (Petraeus), 137
Thomas, Jim, 81–83, 84, 89–92, 108, 123–24
Thompson, Robert, 17, 38, 41, 156
Thurman, J. D., 239–40
Together Forward, Operation, 202
Together Forward II, Operation, 202
Tonight Show, 299
“Toward a Mercenary Anthropology?”, 285
Townsend, Steve, 282
Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), 102, 130
Transforming Defense: National Security in the 21st Century, 51
Transition to and from Hostilities, 118–19
Transportation Department, U.S., 287
Truman, Harry, 302–3
Turkey, 71, 74, 104, 114, 181, 253
Twain, Mark, 32
24th Infantry Division, U.S, 20–21, 30, 148
25th Infantry Division, U.S., 321
“Twenty-seven Articles” (Lawrence), 177
“Twenty-eight Articles: Fundamentals of Company-level Counterinsurgency” (Kilcullen), 176–77, 202, 260, 265
Ullman, Richard, 33
“Uncomfortable Wars: Toward a New Paradigm” (Petraeus), 30–32, 154
United Commitment (Iltizam Mushtarak) strategy, 174, 179
United Nations, 17, 64, 174, 182
University of Chicago Press, 92
Uphold Democracy, Operation, 63–64
Usman, Malik, 334
US Naval Institute Press, 110
U.S. News & World Report, 153
Vichy France, 15
Vickers, Michael, 200
Viet Cong, 22, 23, 24, 27, 33, 38, 41, 161, 209
Viet Minh, 15
Vietnam, Republic of (South Vietnam), 32, 209
Vietnam War, 17, 24, 35, 47, 49, 58–59, 79, 99, 100, 104, 109, 111, 118, 119, 134, 141, 149, 170, 190, 209, 225, 297, 355, 362
Afghan War and, 310–11
Battle of Hué in, 91
body count policy in, 22–23
collateral damage in, 139
McMaster’s dissertation on, 168
Malaya insurgency and, 38–39
My Lai massacre in, 13
Petraeus on, 364–65
smart bombs in, 50
Tet offensive in, 13
U.S. Army doctrine in, 41–42
U.S. military in aftermath of, 32–33
“Vigilant Warrior” (war game), 59–60
Vo Nguyen Giap, 156
Wade, James, 51–52
Waghelstein, John, 29, 111, 153, 159
Wallace, William Scott, 106, 128, 131, 133, 136–37, 186–87
Walter Reed Hospital scandal, 271, 276, 280–81
Ward, Celeste, 208–10, 211, 222, 263, 289, 341, 362
Warfighting Laboratory, 84
War of Information, 23, 30, 74, 148
Warsaw Pact, 13, 41–42, 47, 183, 272
Washington, George, 4
Washington Independent, 292
Washington Post, 78, 81, 160, 271, 336, 346
Wass de Czege, Huba, 57, 60, 105, 129, 146, 162, 164
Weapon of Choice: U.S. Army Special Operations in Afghanistan (Sepp), 103
Weekly Standard, 308–9
Weigley, Russell, 41
Weinberger, Caspar, 24
Weinberger Doctrine, 24–25
“We’re Not the Soviets in Afghanistan” (Kagan), 308–9
West, Francis “Bing,” 82, 161–62, 218
Westmoreland, William, 41, 42–43, 194
alumni-cemetery of, 360–61
Bernstein Memorial Award of, 155–56
COIN rebellion at, 4–6
History Department of, 101–2, 169, 181, 200, 233
Nagl at, 1–2
Obama’s Afghan War address at, 316–18
Social Science Department (Sosh) of, 5–9, 11, 24, 31, 44, 46, 68, 120, 183, 184–85, 212, 254
Thayer’s proposed motto for, 4–5
Wilson, Isaiah “Ike,” 44–45, 46, 77, 254
Petraeus’s recruitment of, 69–70
Woerner, Fred, 28
Wolfowitz, Paul, 82–83, 90–91, 111, 117, 228
Woodward, Bob, 313
World Bank, 117
World Trade Center, 53
World War I, 43
World War II, 5, 15, 33, 99, 101, 110, 285, 286, 309
bombing accuracy in, 50
postwar planning in, 59
Wynne, Michael, 274
Yalta Conference (1945), 5
Yingling, Paul, 278–79, 281, 283
Zelikow, Philip, 192–96, 199, 208, 239–40, 241, 256
Zilmer, Richard, 248