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Reforming The Afghan Security Forces, Daniel Glickstein, Michael Spangler
Reforming The Afghan Security Forces, Daniel Glickstein, Michael Spangler
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
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Nato's New Trajectories After The Wales Summit, John R. Deni
Nato's New Trajectories After The Wales Summit, John R. Deni
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Insights From The Army's Drawdowns, Jason W. Warren
Insights From The Army's Drawdowns, Jason W. Warren
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
No abstract provided.
Living In Afghanistan On The Eve Of The Russian Invasion, Crystal Kelly
Living In Afghanistan On The Eve Of The Russian Invasion, Crystal Kelly
Senior Theses
In my Senior Project I intend to illustrate the differences between cultures juxtaposed with the similarity of humans from those cultures. Also, this paper will demonstrate how experience of and contact with other cultures can broaden and change one’s perspective and engender compassion and understanding. By recounting stories of my time and travels in Afghanistan in the late 1970s and my experience of the people, set against the historical backdrop of political upheaval accompanying the impending Russian invasion, I will demonstrate the beauty and wonder of a fascinating country and her people that have, sadly, been ravaged by invasion and …
Options For Avoiding Counterinsurgencies, David H. Ucko, Robert C. Egnell
Options For Avoiding Counterinsurgencies, David H. Ucko, Robert C. Egnell
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
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The National Guard As A Strategic Hedge, James D. Campbell
The National Guard As A Strategic Hedge, James D. Campbell
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
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Rethinking Small-Footprint Interventions, Stephen Watts, Stephanie Pezard
Rethinking Small-Footprint Interventions, Stephen Watts, Stephanie Pezard
The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters
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New Age, Old Discourse: National Geographic, Orientialism, And Coverage Of Afghanistan In The 21st Century, Brandon Hensley
New Age, Old Discourse: National Geographic, Orientialism, And Coverage Of Afghanistan In The 21st Century, Brandon Hensley
Brandon O. Hensley
This paper explores National Geographic magazine's coverage of Afghanistan in 2002. In total, 7 of the 12 issues from 2002 have articles about Afghanistan regarding the war, continuous hardship and unrest, and an Afghan woman refugee with green eyes who was on the cover in 1985 and disappeared until 2002. Through a critical examination of these articles as textual representations of the Orient, I intend to draw upon Said's framework of Orientalism to explore how the discourse in National Geographic coverage of Afghanistan is embedded in a hegemonic reproduction of the indigenous other and the West's "benevolent" role in stabilizing …